itamu

Japanese

Romanization

itamu

Rōmaji transcription of いたむ

Kapampangan

Etymology

Possibly from ita +‎ *-mu (cf. kamu/kayu), with omission of the initial ka-. Compare Tagalog tayo (ta +‎ -yo), Ilocano datayo (data +‎ -yo), Pangasinan sikatayo (sikata +‎ yo), and Tausug taniyu (ta +‎ niyu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪtəˈmu/ [ɪ.təˈmu]
IPA^(key): /ɪtəˈmu/ [ɪ.təˈmu]
Hyphenation: i‧ta‧mu

Pronoun

itamu

we; us (inclusive of the person spoken to)

Usage notes

The word itamu is replaced by tamu in the inverted sentence position when it is the topic of the sentence and immediately followed by a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb in a phrase.

Alternative forms

ita, ta, tana, tanamu, itamu, itanamu, katamu, ikatamu, ikatanamu, kekata, ikata

Kapampangan personal pronouns
		absolute		ergative	oblique
		disjunctive	enclitic	ergative	oblique
first person	singular	aku/i aku/yaku	ku		kanaku
	plural inclusive	ikatamu	katamu/tamu	tamu/ta	kekatamu
	plural exclusive	ikami, ike	kami/ke	mi	kekami/keke
second person	singular	ika	ka	mu	keka
second person	plural	ikayu/iko	kayu/ko	yu	kekayu/keko
third person	singular	iya/ya	ya	na	keya/kaya
third person	plural	ila	la	da/ra	karela