ch-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ch"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Reduction of ich.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ch-
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed from ki- followed by a vowel.
Prefix
[edit]ch- (plural vy-)
- ki class(VII) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix used before a vowel in certain words
- chumba ― a room
- kitu chema ― a good thing
See also
[edit]Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | ch- |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | ch- |
| New Tribes | ch- |
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ch-
- Allomorph of y- (third-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a vowel ö.
Inflection
[edit]Ye'kwana personal markers
| 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-1 | w-, wi- | |||||||
| first person dual inclusive | küwü | k-, kü-, ku-, ki- | k-, kii-, ki-1 | |||||||
| second person | amödö | ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh- | m-, mi- | |||||||
| first person dual exclusive | nña | y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1 | 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 |