-cho

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cho"

Japanese

Romanization

-cho

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちょ

Polish

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Slavic *-xo
    Polish -cho

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-xo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /xɔ/
    • Rhymes: -ɔ
    • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

    Suffix

    -cho n

    1. forms augmentative nouns
      ‎ciastko + ‎-cho → ‎ciacho
      ‎mięso + ‎-cho → ‎mięcho
      ‎towarzystwo + ‎-cho → ‎towarzycho

    Declension

    Declension of -cho
    singular plural
    nominative -cho -cha
    genitive -cha -ech
    dative -chu -chom
    accusative -cho -cha
    instrumental -chem -chami
    locative -chu -chach
    vocative -cho -cha

    Derived terms

    Polish terms suffixed with -cho
    boicho
    brzucho
    ciacho
    kolacho
    mięcho
    towarzycho

    Sidamo

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /-t͡ʃo/

    Suffix

    -cho

    1. Form of -ichcho used after sonorants.
      danana (“hair”) → danancho (“(one) hair”)

    Derived terms

    Sidamo terms suffixed with -ichcho
    badalcho
    buxichcho
    ceʼichcho
    culunqichcho
    danancho
    darcho
    gaangichcho
    geercho
    gerechcho
    gotiichcho
    haqqichcho
    hogichcho
    lukkichcho
    mancho
    meʼichcho
    sincho
    siqqichcho
    teennichcho
    weeshsho
    wosincho

    References

    • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 347

    South Slavey

    Etymology

    Cognates include Navajo -tsoh and Dogrib -cho.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [-t͡ʃʰò̞(ʔ)]

    Suffix

    -cho

    1. Used to form augmentative nouns.

    Usage notes

    • Follows the possessive suffix:
      ‎tthe (“stone”) + ‎-cho → ‎tthecho (“boulder”)
      ‎settheé (“my stone”) + ‎-cho → ‎settheécho (“my boulder”)

    Derived terms

    South Slavey terms suffixed with -cho
    dihcho
    nódacho
    sahcho
    tlįcho
    tthecho
    ɂahcho

    References

    • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 239

    Swahili

    Other scripts
    Ajami ـگُ

    Suffix

    -cho

    1. ki class(VII) relative marker
      • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎[1], stanza 14:
        نِكَمَ كِسِمَ كِسِگُ وُمْبِّ ، كِنْيِ مْتَپَاءَ مَانَ وَغُمْبِ
        Ni-kama kisima kisicho ombe, chenye mta-paa mwana wa-ng'ombe,
        It is like a shallow well where charges a young bull;

    See also

    Swahili verbal concords (third person)
    class subject concord object concord relative
    affirmative negative
    m(I) a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- -ye
    wa(II) wa- hawa- -wa- -o
    m(III) u- hau- -u- -o
    mi(IV) i- hai- -i- -yo
    ji(V) li- hali- -li- -lo
    ma(VI) ya- haya- -ya- -yo
    ki(VII) ki- haki- -ki- -cho
    vi(VIII) vi- havi- -vi- -vyo
    n(IX) i- hai- -i- -yo
    n(X) zi- hazi- -zi- -zo
    u(XI) u- hau- -u- -o
    ku(XV/XVII) ku- haku- -ku- -ko
    pa(XVI) pa- hapa- -pa- -po
    mu(XVIII) m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -mu- -mo

    For a full table including first and second person,
    see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns

    Ye'kwana

    Variant orthographies
    ALIV -cho
    Brazilian standard -cho
    New Tribes -cho

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [-t͡ʃo]

    Suffix

    -cho

    1. allomorph of -ato (adverb/postposition nominalizing suffix) used for stems that end in i
    2. allomorph of -to (plural verb suffix) used for stems that end in i
    3. allomorph of -icho (recent/distant past perfective plural suffix) used for stems that end in a vowel followed by i
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