ch-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ch"

English

Etymology

Reduction of ich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Pronoun

ch-

1. (obsolete, attached to following verb) I; clitic form of ich.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chad
• cham
• chard
• chave
• chell
• chill
• chould
• chwas

See also

• utchy
• Category:English terms prefixed with ch-

Anagrams

• H&C, H.C., H/C, HC, h/c

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃ-]

Prefix

ch-

1. Allomorph of y- (third-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a vowel ö.

Inflection

Maquiritari personal markers (Ye’kwana dialect)

	pronoun	noun possessor/ series II verb argument		postposition object		series I verb argument
						transitive patient	intransitive patient-like		intransitive agent-like	transitive agent
first person	ewü	y-, ∅-, ü-, u-						w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive	küwü	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-								k-, kii-, ki-
second person	amödö	ö-, öy-, o-, oy-, a-, ay-							m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive	nña	y-, ch-, ∅-, i-			chö-	∅-	n-, ni-
third person	tüwü					n-, ni-
distant past third person		—				kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive	—	t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te-				—
reciprocal	—	—	öö-

	series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person	mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person	see person X in the chart above

Swahili

Etymology

Formed from ki- followed by a vowel.

Prefix

ch- (plural vy-)

1. Alternative form of ki-

See also

• Appendix:Swahili noun classes