-chi

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Muskogean *-či. Compare Choctaw -chi, Alabama -chi, Koasati -chi, Hitchiti -či, Mikasuki -či, Creek -ce.

Alternative forms

Suffix

-chi

  2. Causative verb suffix; increases the verb valence by one
    Chickasaw terms suffixed with -chi (causative verb suffix)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-chi

  1. Alternative form of -hchi (dubitative verb suffix)

Choctaw

Suffix

-chi

  1. (causative suffix) Increases a verbs valency by one
    nowali (“I walk”) → nowachili (“I make him walk”)
  2. (dubitative suffix) expresses doubt or uncertainty
    nowachili (“I make him walk”) → nowachilichi (“I'm not sufe if I make him walk”)

Garo

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-chi

  1. (inflectional suffix) forms the instrumental case

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-chi

  1. (inflectional suffix) forms the locative case
Usage notes

This suffix is only used to indicate location in space, not in time.´

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-chi

  1. used to form female Garo names.

See also

  • -ni (“forms genitive”)
  • -na (“forms dative”)
  • -ming (“forms comitative”)
  • -no (“forms locative”)

Japanese

Romanization

-chi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ち

Quechua

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Suffix

-chi

  1. 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

Alternative forms

Suffix

-chi

  1. Used to indicate a putative or conjectural statement.

See also

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-či.

Suffix

Other scripts
Cyrillic -чи (-chi)‍
Latin ‍
Perso-Arabic

-chi

  1. Profession suffix.

Derived terms

Uzbek terms suffixed with -chi

Yine

Suffix

-chi

  1. suffix applied to naturally possessed nouns to depossess them; that is, to indicate that they are not, in fact, possessed

References

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