daku
Fijian
Noun
daku
Hiligaynon
Adjective
dakû
Noun
dakû
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay daku, variant of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku. Doublet of aku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daku/
Pronoun
daku
- (poetic) I (personal pronoun)
- (poetic) me (direct object of a verb)
- (poetic) me (object of a preposition)
- (poetic) me (indirect object of a verb)
- (poetic) my (belonging to me)
Synonyms
Indonesian first-person pronouns:
Japanese
Romanization
daku
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaku/ [ˈda.ku]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -aku, -ku, -u
- Hyphenation: da‧ku
Pronoun
daku (Jawi spelling داکو) (poetic)
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Usage notes
Used as object of:
- a preposition that ends with an 'n' (e.g., akan, dengan).
- a transitive verb that ends with an 'n' (e.g., menemankan, mementingkan).
See also
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | standard |
saya / ساي |
kami / کامي (exclusive) |
royal | |||
2nd person | standard | ||
engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاوـ (informal/poetic/towards God) |
anda semua / اندا سموا (formal) | ||
royal |
tuanku / توانكو | ||
3rd person | standard |
dia / دي |
|
royal |
baginda / بݢيندا |
Further reading
- “daku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.