-cho

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cho"

Japanese

Romanization

-cho

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちょ

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

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

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

Swahili

Suffix

-cho

  1. ki class(VII) relative marker

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

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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