nako
FromProto-Austronesian*ni(“marker of possession”) +*akən(“1sg oblique”). Cognate withHiligaynonnakon.
nakò (Badlit spellingᜈᜃᜓ)
Clipping ofkanako.
nakò (Badlit spellingᜈᜃᜓ)
| direct | indirect (postposed) | indirect (preposed) | oblique | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length: | full | short1 | full | short2 | base | suffixed-a | full | short | ||
| singular | first person | akó | ko | nakò3 | ko3 | akò | akoa | kanakò | nakò | |
| second person | ikáw | ka | nimo | mo | imo | imoha | kanimo | nimo | ||
| third person | siyá | niya | iya | iyaha | kaniya | niya | ||||
| plural | first person | inclusive | kitá | ta | natò | ta | atò | atoa | kanatò | natò |
| exclusive | kamí | mi | namò | amò | amoa | kanamò | namò | |||
| second person | kamó | mo | ninyo | inyo | inyoha | kaninyo | ninyo | |||
| third person | silá | nila | ila | ilaha | kanila | nila | ||||
1 Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
2 Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
3Ta is used overnako orko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.
Ultimately fromProto-North Halmahera (likely of the form*nako); compareGalelanako,Sahunana'o.
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nakó (Baybayin spellingᜈᜃᜓ)