kanako

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

The first element, common to all oblique pronouns, is ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *ka (“personal oblique marker”), whence kang and archaic ka (“plural personal oblique marker”). Thus analyzable as kang + akò. Compare Ilocano kaniak, Kapampangan kaku.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kanakò (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈᜃᜓ)

  1. to me; for me; with me; at me (oblique first person singular)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) sa ako, sa akoa
    gihatag niya kanako ― he gave it to me
    anaa kanako ang yawi ― I have the key (literally, “the key is with me”)
    nagtan-aw sila kanako ― they were looking at me
Usage notes
  • Oblique forms are almost always substituted with their short form (in this case, nako) anywhere in a sentence. The full form may be used to give a sense of formality.

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect (postposed) Indirect (preposed) Oblique
Length Full Short* Full Short** Base Suffixed -a Full Short
First singular akó ko nakò*** ko*** akò akoa kanakò nakò
plural inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atoa kanatò natò
plural exclusive kamí mi namò amò amoa kanamò namò
Second singular ikáw ka nimo mo imo imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamó mo ninyo inyo inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siyá niya iya iyaha kaniya niya
plural silá nila ila ilaha kanila nila
*Forms under this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences
**Forms under this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
***Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.
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