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Appendix:Variations of "chi"
Alabama
Etymology 1
akz :inh nai-mus-pro:*-či<id:causative> causative suffix
akz nai-mus-pro *-či causative.
Suffix
akz suffix particles
akz causative verb suffix causative verb suffix
Etymology 2
akz :inh frequentative nai-mus-pro:*-či<id:frequentative> 1
akz nai-mus-pro *-či frequentative verb suffix.
Suffix
akz suffix particles
akz somewhat productive suffix a frequentative verb suffix
redundant verb suffix to mark plurality on other words whose pluralities are already indicated
Etymology 3
akz -chi- second-person interfix.
Suffix
akz suffix particles pronouns
second-person singular control verb suffix, used for verbs that end with either two vowels, a vowel followed by a consonant, or vowel-consonant-vowel
References
Chickasaw
Pronunciation
cic /t͡ʃi/
Etymology 1
From cic nai-mus-pro *-či. Compare cho -chi, akz -chi, cku -chi, nai-hit -či, mik -či, mus -ce.
Alternative forms
cic -chichi
Suffix
cic suffix particles
cic causative verb suffix causative verb suffix; increases the verb valence by one
cic -chi (causative verb suffix)
Etymology 2
Suffix
cic suffix
cic -hchi dubitative verb suffix
Choctaw
Suffix
cho suffix
cho causative suffix increases a verbs valency by one
cho nowali I walk → cho nowachili I make him walk
cho dubitative suffix expresses doubt or uncertainty
cho nowachili I make him walk → cho nowachilichi I'm not sufe if I make him walk
Garo
Etymology 1
grt
Suffix
grt affix
grt inflectional suffix forms the instrumental case
Etymology 2
grt
Suffix
grt affix
grt inflectional suffix forms the locative case
Usage notes
This suffix is only used to indicate location in space, not in time.´
Etymology 3
grt
Suffix
grt suffix
used to form female Garo names.
See also
grt -ni forms genitive
grt -na forms dative
grt -ming forms comitative
grt -no forms locative
Japanese
Romanization
ち
Quechua
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
qu -tsi Ancash
Suffix
qu suffix
Derivational suffix, causative. To make someone do something; to let or allow something.
qu llamkay to work → qu llamkachiy llamkachiy to make one work
qu yachay to learn → qu yachachiy yachachiy to teach
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
qu -shi Cajamarca; qu -tri Jauja, Junín
Suffix
qu suffix
Used to indicate a putative or conjectural statement.
See also
qu -cha
qu -chá
Unami
Etymology
unm alg-pro *-čyi animal feces.
Pronunciation
unm /t͡ʃiː/
unm iː 1
Root
unm root
Animal feces; dung, manure.
Derived terms
unm
References
chi
unm Feces
Uzbek
Etymology
uz :inh trk-pro:*-či<id:profession suffix> + 1
Suffix
-чи
uz suffix
Profession suffix.
Derived terms
uz
Yine
Suffix
pib suffix
suffix applied to naturally possessed nouns to depossess them; that is, to indicate that they are not, in fact, possessed
References
Languages of the Amazon (2012, 0199593566)