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yaku

yaku

See also: yakuʔ

Japanese

Romanization

yaku

  1. rōmaji reading of やく

Padoe

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

Pronoun

yaku

  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)

Quechua

Noun

yaku

  1. water
    • 2012, Languages of the Amazon (ISBN 0199593566):
      chay-chru lurin yaku-kuna-si llalla-ku-n-mi
      that-LOC Lurin water-PL-also be.salty-REF-3-DIR.EV
      Even the water around Lurin is salty. [I know because I tasted it.]

Synonyms


Totoli

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

Pronoun

yaku

  1. Alternative form of aku