kau
Indonesian
/kau̯/
pronoun
Definitions
- (poetic) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours
Etymology
Inherited from Malay kau inherited from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ) inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu inherited from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*(i-)kaSu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -kau Malay
- dikau Malay
- engkau Malay
- kau Malay
- kau orang Malay
- kau- Malay
- *(i-)kahu Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *i-kahu Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *(i-)kaSu Proto-Austronesian
- ʻoe Hawaiian
- ʻolua Hawaiian
- *kau(ʔ) Proto-Malayic
- koe Maori
- koe Rapa Nui
- hao Chamorro
- koe Niuean
- aisu Kavalan
- kiso Amis
- koe Tokelauan
- ihu Thao
- iikasu Kanakanabu