-kau

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kau"

Kambera

Pronoun

-kau

  1. second person singular accusative enclitic

See also
Kambera pronominal clitics
Nominative Genitive Accusative Dative
1sg ku- -nggu -ka -ngga
2sg mu- (u-) -mu -kau -nggau
3sg na- -na -ya -nya
1pl.incl ta- -nda -ta -nda
1pl.excl ma- -ma -kama -nggama
2pl mi- (i-) -mi -kami (-kai) -nggami (-nggai)
3pl da- -da -ha -nja

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of engkau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kau̯/
  • Rhymes: -kau̯, -au̯

Suffix

-kau

  1. you, your
    Mereka akan membawakau.
    They will bring you.
    Dia akan tinggal dengankau.
    He / She will live with you.
    Tanah ini ialah tanahkau.
    This land is your land.

Usage notes

Also used when addressing God, which in this sense is used with capital letter and hyphen. Kepada-Kau ― To you

In Indonesian (a variant of Malay), it is not considered as an enclitic suffix.

See also
Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person standard saya / ساي
aku/ku- / اکو / كو- (informal/towards God)
-ku / -كو (informal possessive)
hamba / همبا (dated)		 kami / کامي (exclusive)
kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive)
kita / کيت (inclusive)
royal beta / بيتا
2nd person standard kamu / کامو
anda / اندا (formal)
engkau/kau- / اڠکاو/ كاو- (informal/towards God)
awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger)
-mu / -مو (possessive)		 awak semua / اوق سموا
kamu semua / كامو سموا
kalian / کالين (informal)
kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)
royal tuanku / توانكو
3rd person standard dia / دي
ia / اي
beliau / بلياو (honorific)
-nya / -ڽ (possessive)		 mereka / مريک
dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal)
royal baginda / بݢيندا
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