-chi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

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”)

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Japanese

Romanization

-chi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ち

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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

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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)