Appendix:Variations of "kau" From ká- (“mother”) + -’ȕ (“little one”). IPA(key): /ˈkǣˌʔù/ <span class="searchmatch">káʼȕ</span> vocative (diminutive) mommy (used by children to mother) (diminutive) wifey...
Proto-Polynesian *taʻaku. Compare Maori taku. IPA(key): /ˈka.ʔu/, [ˈkɐ.ʔu] <span class="searchmatch">kaʻu</span> my first person singular possessive, a-form aʻu naʻu The o-type forms are...
husband to wife) maternal aunt (by younger niece to aunt) relatively older woman (very commonly used by younger speaker to show friendly respect) <span class="searchmatch">káʼȕ</span> łítu...
in vocative (direct address) when in possessed form, e.g. ąnʼȕwáʼi (“my son”). cìlixòyʼȕʼúna cíłoʼȕ <span class="searchmatch">káʼȕ</span> kòwʼȕʼúna kʼùoʼȕʼúna pôbʼȕ tòpháyʼȕ łȉwʼȕʼúna...
mother, mother-in-law wife (used by husband when speaking to wife) mother (used by husband to refer to wife when speaking to his children) łȉwéna <span class="searchmatch">káʼȕ</span>...
singular genitive plural From Proto-Polynesian *taʻaku. Compare Hawaiian <span class="searchmatch">kaʻu</span>. taku my This is the neutral form for referring to a single possessed item...
(diminutive) mommy (used by very young children to mother) ká has much the same meaning and usage as <span class="searchmatch">káʼȕ</span> except that ká is used at a very young age. kána <span class="searchmatch">káʼȕ</span>...
to me. / The book was written by me. (ambiguous) ʻOka ʻo ia i pā mea ʻai naʻu. S/he orders a plate of food for me. Applied to a-type possessions. <span class="searchmatch">kaʻu</span>...
prepositions, and after nouns preceded by an article or a k-determiner. <span class="searchmatch">kaʻu</span> iaʻu From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saku-layaʀ (“swordfish”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian...
From mi- (passive deverbal prefix) + <span class="searchmatch">ka'u</span> (“to make into pap”). minga'u (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute minga'u, R1 reminga'u, R2 seminga'u...