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

Etymology

Compare Proto-Kra-Dai *akuː.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(i)aku/

Pronoun

*(i-)aku

I (personal pronoun)
me (direct object of a verb)
me (object of a preposition)
me (indirect object of a verb)
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
  - 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
  - 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
        Ibanic
        Iban: aku
        Nuclear Malayic
        Banjarese: aku
        Malay: aku, daku (poetic), ak, aque, aq (text messaging, Internet slang) / اکو (aku)
        Indonesian: aku, akoe (1901–1947), daku (poetic)
  - Rejang: uku

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aku

	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