-icho

icho ichō Esperanto Suffix eo suffix Portuguese Etymology pt :inh la:-culus<alt:-īculus> + 1 Suffix m + forms diminutives: pt governicho, pt barbicha Derived terms pt Further reading Ye'kwana Alternative forms mch -cho allomorph after diphthongal mch i Etymology From mch -i recent/distant past perfective suffix -to plural verb suffix. Pronunciation Suffix mch suffix 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 This suffix does not cause syllable reduction. When it attaches to a stem that ends in a vowel followed by mch i, it takes the form mch -cho. The second sense can be readily distinguished from the first because it requires the distant-past third-person marker mch kün- instead of ordinary person markers. References 213–222