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-kau
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Appendix:Variations of "kau"
Kambera
Pronoun
xbr pronoun
second person singular accusative enclitic
See also
xbr pronominal clitics
Malay
Etymology
Shortened form of ms engkau, from ms poz-mly-pro *kau(ʔ), from ms poz-pro *(i-)kahu, from ms map-pro *(i-)kaSu.
Pronunciation
ms /kau̯/
ms kau̯ au̯
Suffix
ـکاو
you, your
Mereka akan membawakau.
They will bring you.
Dia akan tinggal dengankau.
He / She will live with you.
Tanah ini ialah tanahkau.
This land is your land.
Usage notes
Also used when addressing God, which in this sense is used with capital letter and hyphen.
ms Kepada-Kau To you
In Indonesian (a variant of Malay), it is not considered as an enclitic suffix.
See also
ms pronouns kau