Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kami

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-PolynesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kami/

PronounEdit

*kami

we, us, our (exclusive)

DescendantsEdit

Javanese: ꦏꦩꦶ (kami)
Malayo-Chamic
- Malayic
  - Malay: kami
    - Indonesian: kami
Philippine
- Batanic
  - Ibatan: kami
  - Ivatan: kami
- Central Philippine
  - Bikol
    - Bikol Central: kami
  - Bisayan
    - Cebuano: kami
    - Hiligaynon: kami
    - Waray-Waray: kami
  - Tagalog: kami
- Northern Luzon
  - Cagayan Valley
    - Northern Cordilleran
      - Ibanagic
        Itawit: kami
      - Isnag: kami, sikami
  - Ilocano: dakami, sikami
  - Meso-Cordilleran
    - South-Central Cordilleran
      - Central Cordilleran
        North-Central Cordilleran
        Nuclear Cordilleran
        Bontok-Kankanaey
        Bontok-Finnalig
        Central Bontoc: dakami
  - Northeastern Luzon
    - Southern Northeastern Luzon
      - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kame

	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