Re: Hawaiian "we"

Robert Jung wrote:
> I read that Hawaiian has a number of forms of "we", "you-plur.", and "they"
> (maybe not the last one - I forget). What are the forms of "we"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Robert
káua    you and I
máua    someone else and I
ká.kou  you, one or more other people, and I
má.kou  two or more other people and I

'oe     you(1)          ia      he, she, it
'olua   you(2)          láua    they(2)
'ou.kou you(plural)     lá.kou  they(plural)

a-acute should actually be a-macron.

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