Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(i-)kamu

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

Alternative forms

*kamiu

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

*(i-)kamu

you, your pl

Descendants

Chamorro: hamyo
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  - Proto-Malayic: *kamu(ʔ)
    - Banjarese: ikam (← *i-kamu)
    - Malay: kamu, mu, mu-, -mu
      - Indonesian: kamu, mu, -mu

Proto-Oceanic: *kamu
- Proto-Micronesian: *kamʷu
  - Marshallese: kom̧
- Uneapa: hamu
Proto-Philippine: *kamu
- Mansaka: kamu
- Tausug: kamu

	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