Where does “ikatamu” come from?

ikatamu (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ikata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita — we, us, our.

ikatamu (Kapampangan): First-person dual absolutive independent pronoun; we (two) and at least one other person; us (two) and at least one other person; you and I and at least one other person; you and me and at least one other person

Definitions

  1. First-person dual absolutive independent pronoun; we (two) and at least one other person; us (two) and at least one other person; you and I and at least one other person; you and me and at least one other person

Ancestry of “ikatamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganikata(inclusive) we, us
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our

Words derived from “ikatamu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita →Every word from Kapampangan ikata →