Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(i-)kahu

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(i)kahu/

Pronoun

*(i-)kahu

1. you, your sg

Descendants

• Chamorro: hao
• Hawaiian: ʻoe
• Indonesian: engkau, kau, kau-, -kau
• Javanese: kowe
• Kapampangan: ika
• Laboya: yau
• Makasar: kau, -ko
• Malay: engkau, kau, kau-, -kau
• Maori: koe
• Marshallese: kwe
• Rapa Nui: koe
• Tagalog: ikaw

See also

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian personal pronouns

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