Where does “kami” come from?
kami (Indonesian) comes from Malay kami, from Proto-Malayic kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kami, from Proto-Austronesian kami — we, us, our.
kami (Indonesian): we ; I and other but not those I am addressing;...
Definitions
- we ; I and other but not those I am addressing;...
Ancestry of “kami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | kami | we, us, our; I, me, my; we ; I and other but not... |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | kami | we, us, our |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kami | we, us, our |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | kami | we, us, our |