-icho

-icho

1. H-system spelling of -iĉo

From Latin -īculus.

-icho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ichos, feminine -icha, feminine plural -ichas)

1. forms diminutives: governicho, barbicha

• -cho (allomorph after diphthongal i)

From -i (recent/distant past perfective suffix) +‎ -to (plural verb suffix).

• IPA^(key): [-it͡ʃo]

-icho

1. Forms the plural of the recent past perfective tense when the arguments of the verb are third-person.
2. Forms the plural of the distant past perfective tense when both the agent and patient (if there is one) of the verb are third-person.

This suffix does not cause syllable reduction. When it attaches to a stem that ends in a vowel followed by i, it takes the form -cho.

The second sense can be readily distinguished from the first because it requires the distant-past third-person marker kün- instead of ordinary person markers.

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 213–222