-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)

   aachi

   aakapassachiꞌ

   anhinchi

   awaalhaachi

   ayachi

   ayokpachi

   ayoppachi

   chaahachi

   haksichi

   holisso pisachi

   holissochi

   homichi

   hoshottikachi

   hottopachi

   ho̱sachi

   ittayokommochi

   ittibaakaachi

   oklhiwachi

   oshshowanchi

   pisachi

   tobachi

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

Arabic (Yangi Imlo)
Cyrillic	-чи‍
Latin	‍
Afghan Uzbek

-chi

1. Profession suffix.

Derived terms

Uzbek terms suffixed with -chi

asoschi

basketbolchi

baʼschi

doyachi

futbolchi

ilohiyotchi

inqilobchi

iqtisodchi

islomchi

isyonchi

ishchi

kulolchilik

kutubxonachi

koʻpchilik

leninchi

lugʻatchi

millatchi

musiqachi

nazariyachi

nosirchi

qahvachi

qoʻriqchi

qoʻychi

respublikachi

stalinchi

taqlidchi

tarixchi

tarjimachi

terrorchi

voleybolchi

yolgʻonchi

yozuvchi

oʻqituvchi

shaxmatchi

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)