-jhege

Wutunhua Etymology From wuh cmn - 幾個. Pronunciation wuh [c͡çəkə] Suffix wuh suffix The paucal suffix; attached to nouns to indicate that there are a few of them. wuh jashe-de zhawa-jhege zang-li wanlan-di-li. [A couple of] Jashe's workers are working in Tibet. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 48) Attached after a series of several nouns to emphasize that the group that the nouns make up is not large in number. wuh jashe da gu-de adia da asak-jhege bijin qhi-gu-ma-li. Jashe and the monk and the sister-in-law [of his family] went to Beijing. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 48) Attached after a noun to indicate that the statement applies generally for members of the group, whereas the plural suffix wuh -dera implies that the statement applies to certain particular members. wuh ha-jhege kuize-liangge huan xhe-di-li. Chinese people [in general] eat with chopsticks. (Quoted in Sandman, p. 49) See also wuh -dera<pos:plural suffix> References