aku

aku

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Akum.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Akum terms

From Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)

A reduction of akumulaator, ultimately from Latin accumulātor.

aku (genitive aku, partitive akut)

1. battery, cell, accumulator

Declension of aku (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		aku	akud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	aku
genitive			akude
partitive		akut	akusid
illative		akku akusse	akudesse
inessive		akus	akudes
elative		akust	akudest
allative		akule	akudele
adessive		akul	akudel
ablative		akult	akudelt
translative		akuks	akudeks
terminative		akuni	akudeni
essive		akuna	akudena
abessive		akuta	akudeta
comitative		akuga	akudega

From Proto-Inuit *aku- (“interval, to mix”), from Proto-Eskimo *akuv- (“between, to mix”). Compare akunneq (“interval”) and akulaaq (“crotch”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aku/, [a.kʊ]

aku (plural akut)

1. ingredient
2. estuary, mouth of a river

• DAKA
• aku in Katersat
• aku in Katersat

aku

1. hot

• IPA^(key): /ʔaku/

aku

1. what kind?, which?

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku/, [ˈɐ.ku]

aku

1. bonito, skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

aku

1. direction away from the speaker, away
2. soon, later, earlier, last (week, year, etc.)

• Mai and aku may change the meaning of the verb:

  aʻo mai (“to learn”) — aʻo aku (“to teach”)

  kūʻai mai (“to buy”) — kūʻai aku (“to sell”)

• akula

• mai, maila

From Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• akoe (pre-1947)
• daku (poetic)

Inherited from Malay aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaku/ [ˈa.ku]

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: a‧ku

aku

1. (casual or informal) First person singular personal pronoun: I, me, my

   Pagi ini aku makan ikan.

   This morning I ate fish.

   Dia mengajak aku berjalan-jalan di taman.

   He invited me to take a walk in the park.

   Kucing aku sedang tidur.

   My cat is sleeping.

• gua (informal, Jakarta)
• saya (polite)
• hamba (poetic)

• -ku, ku-

• “aku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

aku

1. Rōmaji transcription of あく

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuR, from Proto-Austronesian *ikuR.

aku (classifier ƀĕ)

1. tail

aku

1. Romanization of ꦲꦏꦸ

äḳu

1. water

• Merritt Ruhlen, The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue (1996, →ISBN

• yaku

From Proto-Philippine *ʔakúʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaku/ [ˈäː.xu]
• Hyphenation: a‧ku

áku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

aku f

1. inflection of aka:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

• ku, ku-, -ku, daku

From Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (aku).

• IPA^(key): /aku/
• Rhymes: -aku, -ku, -u

• Audio (Malaysia):

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aku (Jawi spelling اکو)

1. I (personal pronoun)

   Aku orang itu.

   I am that person.

2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)

   Ini aku.

   This is me.

5. my (belonging to me)

   Ini beg aku.

   This is my bag.

• Should not be used when speaking to anyone who is elder or of a higher status.

• saya, sahaya (formal)
• beta (by royalties)
• patik (by royal subjects)

aku (Jawi spelling اکو)

1. to confess, to admit to be true.

   Dia akui kesalahan dirinya

   He admits his own mistake.

Malay personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya／ساي aku／اکو, ku-／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／اڠکاو, kau-／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

• “aku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *au, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *au, from Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Cognate with Indonesian aku, Malagasy aho, Tagalog ako.

aku

1. my (when talking of more than one thing)

   Ko aku tīpuna ērā. ― Those are my grandparents.

A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike āku and ōku. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the a and o categories. It cannot be stressed, in which case either āku or ōku must be used, depending on the category of the noun.

• “aku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

aku

1. (to be) hot

• IPA^(key): [āku᷇]

aku

1. forest

• Lena Björkestedt, A Phonological Sketch of the Mmen Language (2010)

From Proto-Bungku-Tolaki *ku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• iβaku

From Proto-Bungku-Tolaki *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Hausa aku.

IPA^(key): /à.kú/

àkú (plural àkúzhì)

1. African gray parrot (Psittacus erithacus)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

• Javanese: ꦲꦏꦸ (aku)

• "aku" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• haku (Ayacucho) ("flour")
• hak'u (Cuzco-Collao) ("flour")

Inherited from Proto-Quechuan *aku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʊ/

aku

1. flour, a milled cereal

   Synonyms: hak'u (Cuzco-Collao), haku (Ayacucho)

2. (Cuzco) chewed coca
3. (Collao) resting time after chewing coca

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔaku/ [ʔɑˈk̠u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: a‧ku

aku (Sulat Sūg spelling اَكُ)

1. I

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ku]

aku (Jawi أكو)

1. (auxiliary) to be allowed, may

   aku ua sakali-sakali ana ihoru sosira ― it is absolutely not allowed that they paddle earlier

   una owosa toma hito, mina moaku ua ― he enters the kitchen, she may not

   ngone fosabea ge aku ― we (incl.) may pray for that

As an auxiliary, aku follows the main verb. It may take the subject clitics (o, mo, etc.) only either for emphasis or when aku is used as the sole verb in a sentence.

Conjugation of aku
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toaku	foaku	miaku
2nd	noaku	niaku
3rd	Masculine	oaku	iaku, yoaku†
Feminine	moaku
Neuter	iaku
† - archaic

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ku]
• Hyphenation: a‧ku

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-ku. Cognates include Maori āku.

a aku

1. (alienable) mine

aku

1. (alienable) my

From Proto-Polynesian *haku. Cognates include Hawaiian aʻu and Samoan a'u.

aku

1. needlefish of the genus Strongylura

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 10

• yaku

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)