-tshòu

Khiamniungan Naga Etymology From Proto-Bodish *tʰʲuŋ (“short, small”). Cognate to Dzongkha ཆུང་ཀུ (chung ku, “small”) and Kurtöp ཐིང་ཀུ (thingku, “short”). Compare Sino-Tibetan ཆུང (chung) and Chinese Mandarin 小 (xiǎo). Pronunciation kix /-tsʰoʊ³¹/ Suffix kix suffix kix Patsho A diminutive suffix attached to nouns to indicate small size, endearment, triviality, or reduced intensity. It is the semantic opposite of the augmentative suffix -nyù. kix Jüsü oh heutshou nü kou tü jü-i louhshi, heu ashong nü kou oh i-louh je We stopped to irrigate from the small brook, but got the source from the main river. kix Chikheunyoh tsak yohtshou hoi nü sheuh yohnyu nütah khikhikü kuatiejün nü tah monglingkü thap nye The farmer smiled at the piglets scurrying around its mother Usage notes Unlike -nyù, which can mark either augmentative size or female animals, -tshòu has no role in marking sex or gender. It is purely diminutive. To specify a male animal, the separate marker pong is used (e.g., yoh pong “male pig”); the diminutive suffix may combine freely: yoh pong tshòu small male pig yoh nyù tshòu small female pig heu river, stream + -tshòu → heu tshòu small stream, brook jam house + -tshòu → jam tshòu small house, hut yoh pig + -tshòu → yoh tshòu small pig, piglet (unmarked for sex) The suffix does not carry pejorative force by default but may imply affection or triviality depending on context. It is the standard means of forming diminutives across nouns for objects, places, and animals. Synonyms kix āhàtshòu hà āhà nǖnâng Antonyms kix -nyù shông hàkǜtî Derived terms kix phōhkhò tshòu tshōu àp tshōu-hái tshōu-ô tshōu-ìp kāupòukāunyùtshòu tshōusō tsāptshōu tshōu ātǖkīkītshōu āchīchítshòu āihātshòu āmtsāngtshòu cháinǖkōngtshòu chàmkūokūo vēutshòu chīechái mōktsìoh chīlāipǖchūohtshōu chìuthìehtshòu chìutshòu chǖlámpík vêutshòu hēutshòu hùamnyùpǜtshítshòu īethángvēutshòu kápkáptshōu lāktshōu lōngkàuhvēutshòu lōngtshòu lǖtshìtshòu māutīngtīngtshòu nōktshōu nǖkōngtshòu nyūnyútshōu pîkām vèutshòu pǖchìetshòu pǖchūotshōu pǖ-ìuhnìehtshòu pǖkhámsāngtshōu shāuhsíngtshōu shîngpǜtshīohtshōu shōtshòu shǖnyītshòu tshǜnyìhthāipìktshòu Related terms -nyù (augmentative / female animal marker) pòng (male marker)