-chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Muskogean *-či. Compare Choctaw -chi, Alabama -chi, Koasati -chi, Hitchiti -či, Mikasuki -či, Creek -ce.

Alternative forms

• -chichi

Suffix

-chi

2. Causative verb suffix; increases the verb valence by one

   Chickasaw terms suffixed with -chi (causative verb suffix)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-chi

1. Alternative form of -hchi (dubitative verb suffix)

Choctaw

Suffix

-chi

1. (causative suffix) Increases a verbs valency by one

   nowali (“I walk”) → nowachili (“I make him walk”)

2. (dubitative suffix) expresses doubt or uncertainty

   nowachili (“I make him walk”) → nowachilichi (“I'm not sufe if I make him walk”)

Garo

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-chi

1. (inflectional suffix) forms the instrumental case

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-chi

1. (inflectional suffix) forms the locative case

Usage notes

This suffix is only used to indicate location in space, not in time.´

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-chi

1. used to form female Garo names.

See also

• -ni (“forms genitive”)
• -na (“forms dative”)
• -ming (“forms comitative”)
• -no (“forms locative”)

Japanese

Romanization

-chi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ち

Quechua

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• -tsi (Ancash)

Suffix

-chi

1. Derivational suffix, causative. To make someone do something; to let or allow something.

   llamkay (“to work”) → llamkachiy (“to make one work”)

   yachay (“to learn”) → yachachiy (“to teach”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -shi (Cajamarca); -tri (Jauja, Junín)

Suffix

-chi

1. Used to indicate a putative or conjectural statement.

See also

• -cha
• -chá

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-či.

Suffix

Other scripts
Cyrillic	-чи (-chi)‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic

-chi

1. Profession suffix.

Derived terms

Uzbek terms suffixed with -chi

Yine

Suffix

-chi

1. 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, →ISBN)