-tojo

tojo tojó Tojo Ye'kwana Alternative forms mch -chojo -to' -cho' allomorphs Pronunciation Suffix mch suffix forms instrumental nouns from transitive and intransitive verbs, referring to a thing, place, or person that helps with carrying out the action of the verb Usage notes This suffix causes syllable reduction and can trigger changes of mch ö in the stem to mch o via the usual vowel harmony. It takes the form mch -chojo after stems that end in mch i and mch -to' when followed by the plural suffix mch -komo or the attributivizer mch -me. Verbs converted with this suffix can take series II person markers referring to the argument of an intransitive verb or the patient argument of a transitive verb. Intransitive verbs must also bear the intransitive prefix mch w-. However, person marking is optional for them; this is the only type of deverbal nominalization where person marking is optional. One of the two attributivizers mch -je and mch -me can follow this suffix in order to make the word function as a predicate in a subordinate clause of purpose with the meaning ‘in order to X’, ‘for X-ing’. The difference in meaning when used with one attributivizer versus the other is unclear. Derived terms mch References 144–146 -tojo