-aches

Galician

Alternative forms

• -ache

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -asche, alternative (Galician) form of -aste, from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī. Cognate with Portuguese -aste and Spanish -aste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈat͡ʃɪs]

Suffix

-aches

1. forms the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar

   ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-aches → ‎amaches (“[you] loved”)

   ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-aches → ‎cantaches (“[you] sang”)

References

• “asche” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “-aches” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.