koutou
Maori
editPronoun
editkoutou
- you (plural; three or more people)
See also
editTokelauan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kou-tou. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻoukou and Samoan 'outou.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editkoutou
See also
editTokelauan personal pronouns
| Independent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| long | short | |||
| 1st person (excl.) | au, kita1 | ki māua | ki mā | ki mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | ki tāua | ki tā | ki tātou |
| 2nd person | koe | koulua | koutou | |
| 3rd person | ia | ki lāua | ki lā | ki lātou |
| Agentive clitic | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| 1st person (excl.) | kō | ki mā | ki mātou | |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | ki tā | ki tātou | |
| 2nd person | kē | koulua | koutou | |
| 3rd person | ia | ki lā | ki lātou | |
| 1) Sympathetic *) Pronouns preceded by ki may drop this preposition when in a possessive phrase. | ||||
Tokelauan possessive pronouns
| Inalienable (O-type) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| long | short | |||
| 1st person (excl.) | o oku, o kita1 | o māua | o mā | o mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | o tāua | o tā | o tātou |
| 2nd person | o ōu, o koe | o koulua | o koutou | |
| 3rd person | o ona | o lāua | o lā | o lātou |
| Alienable (A-type) | ||||
| singular | dual | plural | ||
| long | short | |||
| 1st person (excl.) | a aku, a kita1 | a māua | a mā | a mātou |
| 1st person (incl.) | ― | a tāua | a tā | a tātou |
| 2nd person | a āu, a koe | a koulua | a koutou | |
| 3rd person | a ana | a lāua | a lā | a lātou |
| 1) Sympathetic *) Only the singular pronouns differ from the personal pronouns | ||||
References
edit- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 163