aʻu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku. Compare Maori aku.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
aʻu
Usage notes edit
- The possessive form is used after negatives, numbers, certain prepositions, and after nouns preceded by an article or a k-determiner.
Related terms edit
See also edit
Samoan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun edit
aʻu
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
See also edit
Categories:
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian pronouns
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Samoan lemmas
- Samoan pronouns