-icho
Esperanto edit
Suffix edit
-icho
- H-system spelling of -iĉo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-icho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ichos, feminine -icha, feminine plural -ichas)
- forms diminutives: governicho, barbicha
Derived terms edit
Ye'kwana edit
Alternative forms edit
- -cho (allomorph after diphthongal i)
Etymology edit
From -i (recent/distant past perfective suffix) + -to (plural verb suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-icho
- Forms the plural of the recent past perfective tense when the arguments of the verb are third-person.
- Forms the plural of the distant past perfective tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person.
Usage notes edit
This suffix does not cause syllable reduction. When it attaches to a stem that ends in a vowel followed by i, it takes the form -cho.
The second sense can be readily distinguished from the first because it requires the distant-past third-person marker kün- instead of ordinary person markers.
References edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 213–222