Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(i-)aku

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(i)aku/

Pronoun

*(i-)aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Descendants

• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku
  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku (see there for further descendants)
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku
    • Borneo-Philippines
      • Barito
        • East Barito
          • Malagasy: izaho / aho
        • West Barito
          • Southwest Barito
            • Ngaju: yakuʔ
      • North Bornean
        • North Sarawakan
          • Melanau-Bintulu
            • Bintulu: akew
            • Melanau
              • Central Melanau: akew
        • Southwest Sabahan
          • Dusunic
            • Dusun
              • Kadazan Dusun: yoku
      • Proto-Philippine: *ʔakúʔ
        • Greater Central Philippine
          • Central Philippine
            • Tagalog: ako
        • Northern Philippine
          • Central Luzon
            • Kapampangan: aku
          • Northern Luzon
            • Ilocano: si-ak
    • Sunda-Sulawesi
      • Celebic
        • Saluan-Banggai
          • Banggaian
            • Banggai: iaku
        • Southeast Celebic
          • Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: *ku
            • Bungku
              • East Coast Bungku
                • Mori Bawah: aku
              • Southwest Bungku
                • Moronene: aku / iβaku
            • Tolaki
              • Interior Tolaki
                • Padoe: yaku / jaku
                • Tomadino: iaku
              • West Coast Tolaki
                • Tolaki: inaku
          • Muna-Buton
            • Wotu-Wolio
              • Wolio–Kamaru
                • Wolio: i aku
        • Tomini-Tolitoli
          • Totoli: aku / yaku
      • Chamorro: hu, guahu
      • Old Javanese: aku
        • Javanese: aku
      • Proto-Lampungic: *ɲaku
        • Komering: ɲaʔ
        • Lampung Api: ñaʔ
      • Malayo-Sumbawan
        • Malayo-Chamic
          • Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
            • Sasak-Sumbawa
              • Sasak: aku
          • Proto-Malayic: *aku
            • Banjarese: aku
            • Ibanic
              • Iban: aku
            • Malayan
              • Malay: aku, ku, ku-, -ku, daku / اکو‎ (aku), کو‎ (ku), کو-‎ (-ku), -کو‎ (ku-), داکو‎ (daku)
                • Indonesian: aku, -ku, ku, ku-, daku
      • Rejang: uku

See also

Proto-Austronesian personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			*(i-)aku	*(i-)kita (inclusive) *kami (exclusive)
2nd person			*(i-)kaSu	*(i-)kamu(i)u
3rd person			*(si-)ia	*(si-)ida

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aku