-kang

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Makasar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronoun[edit]

-kang (absolutive enclitic, Lontara spelling ᨀ)

  1. we (first person plural exclusive; archaic, poetic)

See also[edit]

Makasar free and bound pronouns
Independent Absolutive Nominative Possessive
1st sg / 1st pl excl nakke -a' ku- -ku
1st pl excl (archaic) kambe -kang ki- -mang
1st pl incl / 2nd sg polite katte -ki' ki- -ta
2nd sg / pl familiar kau -ko nu- -nu
3rd sg / pl ia -i na- -na
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