= proximal) Saisiyat has an elaborate pronominal system (Hsieh & Huang 2006:93).
[11] In both varieties, the nominative and genitive forms are bound while the neutral and locative ones are free (unbound).
[18] Takivatan Bunun personal pronoun roots are (De Busser 2009:453):[19] The tables of Takivatan Bunun personal pronouns below are sourced from De Busser (2009:441).
Ilokano personal pronouns distinguish three cases: absolutive, ergative, and oblique.
The informal pronouns aku, kamu, engkau, ia, kami, and kita are indigenous to Malay.
Aku, kamu, engkau, and ia have short possessive enclitic forms.
For the first person plural, Javanese use awaké dhèwè, literally meaning "the body itself" (cf.
Malay: dirinya), from dhèwè (self, alone) + -k- (archaic glottal stop)+ -(n)é (3rd person possessive enclitic), or wongé' (cf.
Like many Austronesian languages, Samoan has separate words for inclusive and exclusive we, and distinguishes singular, dual, and plural.
The root for the inclusive pronoun may occur in the singular, in which case it indicates emotional involvement on the part of the speaker.
In formal speech, fuller forms of the roots mā-, tā-, and lā- are ‘imā-, ‘itā-, and ‘ilā-.