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-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kami/

Pronoun

*kami

  1. we, us, our (exclusive)

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦏꦩꦶ (kami)
  • Malayo-Chamic
  • Philippine
    • Batanic
    • Central Philippine
    • Northern Luzon
      • Cagayan Valley
      • Ilocano: dakami, sikami
      • Meso-Cordilleran
        • South-Central Cordilleran
          • Central Cordilleran
            • North-Central Cordilleran
              • Nuclear Cordilleran
                • Bontok-Kankanaey
                  • Bontok-Finnalig
      • Northeastern Luzon
        • Southern Northeastern Luzon
          • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kame

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