"aku" meaning in Malay

See aku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /aku/ Audio: Ms-MY-aku.ogg Forms: اکو [Jawi], daku [alternative]
Rhymes: -aku Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *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). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*aku}} Proto-Malayic *aku, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*aku}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*aku}} Proto-Austronesian *aku, {{m+|ms-old||tr=aku}} Old Malay [script needed] (aku) Head templates: {{ms-pronoun|j=اکو}} aku (Jawi spelling اکو)
  1. I, me (first person singular pronoun)
    Sense id: en-aku-ms-pron-ySgAG5ZF Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay pronouns Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Malay pronouns: 47 53
  2. (when placed after a noun) my (first person singular possesive pronoun)
    Sense id: en-aku-ms-pron-P1fAWAOu Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay pronouns Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Malay pronouns: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: saya, sahaya [polite], beta (english: by royalties), patik (english: by royal subjects) Derived forms: akuan, mengaku, mengakui
Related terms: -ku, ku-, saya, ساي aku, اکو, ku- (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], كوـ -ku (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], ـكو hamba (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], همبا (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], kami [exclusive, inclusive, informal], کامي kita orang [exclusive, inclusive, informal], كيت اورڠ kita [exclusive, inclusive, informal], کيت [exclusive, inclusive, informal], beta, بيتا, kamu [formal], کامو anda [formal], اندا [formal], engkau, اڠکاو, kau- (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], كاوـ awak (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], اوق -mu (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], ـمو (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], awak semua [informal], اوق سموا kamu semua [informal], كامو سموا kalian [informal], کالين kau orang [informal], كاو اورڠ [informal], tuanku, توانكو, dia [honorific, possessive], دي ia [honorific, possessive], اي beliau [honorific, possessive], بلياو -nya [honorific, possessive], ـڽ [honorific, possessive], mereka [informal], مريک dia orang [informal], دي اورڠ [informal], baginda, بݢيندا

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "akuan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mengaku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mengakui"
    }
  ],
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          },
          "expansion": "Indonesian: aku",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Indonesian: aku"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.\nFirst attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (aku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اکو",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daku",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    {
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        "j": "اکو"
      },
      "expansion": "aku (Jawi spelling اکو)",
      "name": "ms-pronoun"
    }
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  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ساي aku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "اکو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God",
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        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ku-"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
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        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "كوـ -ku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
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        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ـكو hamba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "همبا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "kami"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "کامي kita orang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "كيت اورڠ kita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "کيت"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "بيتا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "kamu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "کامو anda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "اندا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "engkau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "اڠکاو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "kau-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "كاوـ awak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "اوق -mu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ـمو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "awak semua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "اوق سموا kamu semua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "كامو سموا kalian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "کالين kau orang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "كاو اورڠ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tuanku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "توانكو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "dia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "دي ia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "اي beliau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "بلياو -nya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ـڽ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "mereka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "مريک dia orang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "دي اورڠ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "baginda"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "بݢيندا"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am that person.",
          "text": "Aku orang itu.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This is me.",
          "text": "Ini aku.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I, me (first person singular pronoun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-aku-ms-pron-ySgAG5ZF",
      "links": [
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay pronouns",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This is my bag.",
          "text": "Ini beg aku.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "my (first person singular possesive pronoun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-aku-ms-pron-P1fAWAOu",
      "links": [
        [
          "my",
          "my"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "when placed after a noun",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(when placed after a noun) my (first person singular possesive pronoun)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aku/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ms-MY-aku.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Ms-MY-aku.ogg/Ms-MY-aku.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Ms-MY-aku.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aku"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "sahaya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "by royalties",
      "word": "beta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "by royal subjects",
      "word": "patik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aku"
}
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    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay pronouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Pages with 34 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Old Malay terms",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aku",
    "Rhymes:Malay/aku/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "akuan"
    },
    {
      "word": "mengaku"
    },
    {
      "word": "mengakui"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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  ],
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.\nFirst attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (aku).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اکو",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daku",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "j": "اکو"
      },
      "expansion": "aku (Jawi spelling اکو)",
      "name": "ms-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-ku"
    },
    {
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "word": "saya"
    },
    {
      "word": "ساي aku"
    },
    {
      "word": "اکو"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "كوـ -ku"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ـكو hamba"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "همبا"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "kami"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "کامي kita orang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "كيت اورڠ kita"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "exclusive",
        "inclusive",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "کيت"
    },
    {
      "word": "beta"
    },
    {
      "word": "بيتا"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "kamu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "کامو anda"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "اندا"
    },
    {
      "word": "engkau"
    },
    {
      "word": "اڠکاو"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "kau-"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "كاوـ awak"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "اوق -mu"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ـمو"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "awak semua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "اوق سموا kamu semua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "كامو سموا kalian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "کالين kau orang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "كاو اورڠ"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuanku"
    },
    {
      "word": "توانكو"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "dia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "دي ia"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "اي beliau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "بلياو -nya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "honorific",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ـڽ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "mereka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "مريک dia orang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "دي اورڠ"
    },
    {
      "word": "baginda"
    },
    {
      "word": "بݢيندا"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am that person.",
          "text": "Aku orang itu.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This is me.",
          "text": "Ini aku.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I, me (first person singular pronoun)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This is my bag.",
          "text": "Ini beg aku.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "my (first person singular possesive pronoun)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "my",
          "my"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "when placed after a noun",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(when placed after a noun) my (first person singular possesive pronoun)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aku/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ms-MY-aku.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/Ms-MY-aku.ogg/Ms-MY-aku.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Ms-MY-aku.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aku"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "saya"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "sahaya"
    },
    {
      "english": "by royalties",
      "word": "beta"
    },
    {
      "english": "by royal subjects",
      "word": "patik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aku"
}

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