-chi

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Chickasaw

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-chi

  1. Causative verb suffix; increases the verb valence by one

Etymology 2

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Suffix

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-chi

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

Choctaw

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Suffix

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-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

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Etymology 1

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

Suffix

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-chi

  1. (inflectional suffix) forms the instrumental case

Etymology 2

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

Suffix

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-chi

  1. (inflectional suffix) forms the locative case
Usage notes
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This suffix is only used to indicate location in space, not in time.´

Etymology 3

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

Suffix

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-chi

  1. used to form female Garo names.

See also

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

Japanese

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Romanization

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-chi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Quechua

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-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

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-chi

  1. Used to indicate a putative or conjectural statement.

See also

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Uzbek

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-či.

Suffix

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic -чи
Latin
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan)

-chi

  1. Profession suffix.

Derived terms

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Yine

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Suffix

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-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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  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN)