-ĉjo
Appearance
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian -ша (-ša), influenced by Russian -ечка (-ečka) and Esperanto -njo.[1]
Suffix
[edit]-ĉjo
- (informal, endearing) Forms affectionate male diminutives, usually of names, after the first one to five letters of the noun.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- -iĉo (masculine suffix)
References
[edit]- ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “-ĉjo”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 5, →ISBN, page 154