"kau" meaning in Malay

See kau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /kau̯/ Forms: کاو [Jawi]
Rhymes: -kau̯, -au̯ Etymology: Shortened form of engkau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu. Etymology templates: {{m|ms|engkau}} engkau, {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*kau(ʔ)}} Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), {{der|ms|poz-pro|*(i-)kahu}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, {{der|ms|map-pro|*(i-)kaSu}} Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu Head templates: {{ms-pronoun|j=کاو}} kau (Jawi spelling کاو)
  1. you, your
    Sense id: en-kau-ms-pron-Y0oCtluh Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay pronouns, Malay terms with non-redundant manual script codes, Malay terms with redundant script codes Related terms: saya (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], ساي aku (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], ku- (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], اکو (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], كو- -ku (english: informal/towards God) [dated, informal, possessive], -كو 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 (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], kau- (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], اڠکاو (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], كاو- awak (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], اوق -mu (english: informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger) [possessive], -مو (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], [honorific, possessive], mereka [informal], مريک dia orang [informal], دي اورڠ [informal], baginda, بݢيندا

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "engkau"
      },
      "expansion": "engkau",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*kau(ʔ)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*(i-)kahu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*(i-)kaSu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of engkau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "کاو",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "کاو"
      },
      "expansion": "kau (Jawi spelling کاو)",
      "name": "ms-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Malay pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you, your"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ],
        [
          "your",
          "your"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "informal",
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "saya"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "informal",
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "ساي aku"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "informal",
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "ku-"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "informal",
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "اکو"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "informal",
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "كو- -ku"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "informal",
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "-كو 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"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
          "tags": [
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "engkau"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
          "tags": [
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "kau-"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
          "tags": [
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": "اڠکاو"
        },
        {
          "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
          "tags": [
            "possessive"
          ],
          "word": " كاو- 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": "-مو"
        },
        {
          "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": "-ڽ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "mereka"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "مريک dia orang"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "دي اورڠ"
        },
        {
          "word": "baginda"
        },
        {
          "word": "بݢيندا"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-kau̯"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kau"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "engkau"
      },
      "expansion": "engkau",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*kau(ʔ)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*(i-)kahu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*(i-)kaSu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of engkau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "کاو",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "کاو"
      },
      "expansion": "kau (Jawi spelling کاو)",
      "name": "ms-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "saya"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ساي aku"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "ku-"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "اکو"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "كو- -ku"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "-كو 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"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "engkau"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "kau-"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": "اڠکاو"
    },
    {
      "english": "informal/towards God; friendly/older towards younger",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ],
      "word": " كاو- 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": "-مو"
    },
    {
      "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": "-ڽ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "mereka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "مريک dia orang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "دي اورڠ"
    },
    {
      "word": "baginda"
    },
    {
      "word": "بݢيندا"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay 1-syllable words",
        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "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-Malayic",
        "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Malay terms with audio links",
        "Malay terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
        "Malay terms with redundant script codes",
        "Rhymes:Malay/au̯",
        "Rhymes:Malay/kau̯"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you, your"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ],
        [
          "your",
          "your"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-kau̯"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kau"
}

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