kāu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kau"
Hawaiian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaːu/
See also
Hawaiian possessive pronouns
| The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions. | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | koʻu, kaʻu kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type) |
ko māua, kā māua (exclusive) ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive) |
ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive) ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive) | ||
| 2nd person | kou, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) kō (affectionate, o- and a-type) |
ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua | ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou | ||
| 3rd person | kona, kāna | ko lāua, kā lāua | ko lākou, kā lākou | ||
Min Nan
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāu
- Tâi-lô: kāu
- Phofsit Daibuun: kau
- IPA (Xiamen): /kau²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kau³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau³³/
- Rhymes: -au
Romanization
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 厚 (colloquial)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 詬／诟. Only used in 詬詬唸／诟诟念.
Further reading
- “Query for kāu”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
- 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006) 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (in Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 286.
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