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-chi

-chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

Japanese

Romanization

-chi

  1. rōmaji reading 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

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 0199593566)

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