-chi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"
Chickasaw edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Muskogean *-či. Compare Choctaw -chi, Alabama -chi, Koasati -chi, Hitchiti -či, Mikasuki -či, Creek -ce.
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-chi
Etymology 2 edit
Suffix edit
-chi
- Alternative form of -hchi (dubitative verb suffix)
Choctaw edit
Suffix edit
-chi
- (causative suffix) Increases a verbs valency by one
- (dubitative suffix) expresses doubt or uncertainty
- nowachili (“I make him walk”) → nowachilichi (“I'm not sufe if I make him walk”)
Garo edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix edit
-chi
- (inflectional suffix) forms the instrumental case
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix edit
-chi
- (inflectional suffix) forms the locative case
Usage notes edit
This suffix is only used to indicate location in space, not in time.´
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix edit
-chi
- used to form female Garo names.
See also edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
-chi
Quechua edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
- -tsi (Ancash)
Suffix edit
-chi
- Derivational suffix, causative. To make someone do something; to let or allow something.
- llamkay (“to work”) → llamkachiy (“to make one work”)
- yachay (“to learn”) → yachachiy (“to teach”)
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-chi
- Used to indicate a putative or conjectural statement.
See also edit
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-či.
Suffix edit
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Cyrillic | -чи (-chi) |
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Perso-Arabic |
-chi
- Profession suffix.
Derived terms edit
Yine edit
Suffix edit
-chi
- suffix applied to naturally possessed nouns to depossess them; that is, to indicate that they are not, in fact, possessed
References edit
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN)