ch-

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English

Etymology

Reduction of ich.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ch-

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

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Formed from ki- followed by a vowel.

Prefix

ch- (plural vy-)

  1. ki class(VII) noun prefix and adjective agreement prefix used before a vowel in certain words
    chumbaa room
    kitu chemaa good thing

See also

Ye'kwana

More information ALIV, Brazilian standard ...
Variant orthographies
ALIV ch-
Brazilian standard ch-
New Tribes ch-
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Pronunciation

Prefix

ch-

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

Inflection

More information pronoun, noun possessor/ series II verb argument ...
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-
  1. With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.
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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
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