daku
See also: da ku and 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 |
kita4 | |
| 2nd person | ||
| 3rd person |
1 Polite.
2 Formal.
3 Informal.
4 Includes the listener (inclusive).
5 Excludes the listener (exclusive).
6 Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
7 Honorific.
8 Formal (Brunei).
Notes:
- This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within the Klang Valley area.
- The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
- The enclitic -nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
- The second person pronoun kamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.
Further reading
- "daku" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017