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From Malay -ku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ku, from Proto-Austronesian *ku.

-ku

  1. (casual or informal) First person singular oblique enclitic pronoun.
    1. As a possessive adjective.
      anakku ― my child
    2. As a direct or indirect object
      dia mencintaiku ― he loves me
      dia memberiku hadiah ― he gave me a gift
    3. As an object of a preposition, with the exception for 'di', 'ke', and 'dalam'.
      mereka sombong kepadaku ― they are arrogant to me

As with other clitic pronouns in the language, this clitic is optional.

Indonesian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person exclusive regular aku,
saya1 		kami
enclitic -ku -
proclitic ku- -
1st person inclusive - kita
2nd person regular kamu,
Anda2,
kau3 		kalian,
Anda2,
Anda sekalian2
enclitic -mu -
3rd person regular dia,
beliau4,
ia3 		mereka
enclitic -nya -
reflexive diri
emphatic sendiri

1 Polite.
2 Formal.
3 Now mostly literary.
4 Respectful.

Notes:

  • This table only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language.
  • The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
  • The enclitics are only used obliquely (object or possessor), while the proclitic is only used as a subject.

See each entry for more information.

-ku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of く

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ku, from Proto-Austronesian *ku.

-ku (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨀᨘ)

  1. my
  2. our (first person plural exclusive)

From ku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ku, from Proto-Austronesian *ku.

-ku (Jawi spelling ـکو) (informal)

  1. me (direct object of a verb)
    Dia memarahiku. ― He scolded me.
  2. me (object of a preposition)
    Dia pergi denganku. ― He went with me.
  3. me (indirect object of a verb)
  4. my (belonging to me)
    "Negaraku" ― "My Country"
    Ini rumahku. ― This is my house.

-ku

  1. Used in contractions with particles of possession to mean me

-ku

  1. (no longer productive) locative suffix (meaning "in") used after a consonant
  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter. p.47
Not to be confused with -nku, -yku

-ku

  1. reflexive suffix: to or for oneself
    mayllay (“to wash something”) → mayllakuy (“to wash oneself”)
    rantiy (“to buy something”) → rantikuy (“to buy something for oneself”)