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Where does “kamu” come from?

kamu (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic kamu(ʔ), from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kamu — you, your pl.

kamu (Malay): you; "Second-person singular pronoun": you, your,...

Definitions

  1. you; "Second-person singular pronoun": you, your,...

Ancestry of “kamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickamu(ʔ)you, your pl
2Proto-Austronesian(i-)kamuyou, your pl

Words derived from “kamu”

  • kamu
  • mu-
  • -mu
  • mu-
  • kamu
  • mu
  • -mu
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kamu →