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yaku
yaku
See also: yakuʔ
Padoe
Etymology
From Proto-Bungku-Tolaki *ku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Alternative forms
Pronoun
yaku
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Quechua
Noun
yaku
- 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.]
- that-LOC Lurin water-PL-also be.salty-REF-3-DIR.EV
- chay-chru lurin yaku-kuna-si llalla-ku-n-mi
- 2012, Languages of the Amazon (ISBN 0199593566):
Synonyms
Totoli
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Alternative forms
Pronoun
yaku
- Alternative form of aku