"-chi" meaning in Chickasaw

See -chi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /t͡ʃi/ Forms: -chichi [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Muskogean *-či. Compare Choctaw -chi, Alabama -chi, Koasati -chi, Hitchiti -či, Mikasuki -či, Creek -ce. Etymology templates: {{inh|cic|nai-mus-pro|*-či}} Proto-Muskogean *-či, {{cog|cho|-chi}} Choctaw -chi, {{cog|akz|-chi}} Alabama -chi, {{cog|cku|-chi}} Koasati -chi, {{cog|nai-hit|-či}} Hitchiti -či, {{cog|mik|-či}} Mikasuki -či, {{cog|mus|-ce}} Creek -ce Head templates: {{head|cic|suffix|cat2=particles}} -chi
  1. Causative verb suffix; increases the verb valence by one Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--chi-cic-suffix-cic:causative_verb_suffix Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Chickasaw entries with incorrect language header, Chickasaw particles, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chickasaw entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 34 8 5 3 5 3 11 22 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 10 3 2 3 2 7 25 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /t͡ʃi/
Head templates: {{head|cic|suffix}} -chi
  1. Alternative form of -hchi (dubitative verb suffix) Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -hchi (extra: dubitative verb suffix)
    Sense id: en--chi-cic-suffix-NHeRWZTZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        "1": "cic",
        "2": "nai-mus-pro",
        "3": "*-či"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cho",
        "2": "-chi"
      },
      "expansion": "Choctaw -chi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akz",
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      },
      "expansion": "Alabama -chi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cku",
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      },
      "expansion": "Koasati -chi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nai-hit",
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      },
      "expansion": "Hitchiti -či",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mik",
        "2": "-či"
      },
      "expansion": "Mikasuki -či",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mus",
        "2": "-ce"
      },
      "expansion": "Creek -ce",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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        "alternative"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "77 23",
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        "morpheme"
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃi/"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akz",
        "2": "-chi"
      },
      "expansion": "Alabama -chi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cku",
        "2": "-chi"
      },
      "expansion": "Koasati -chi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nai-hit",
        "2": "-či"
      },
      "expansion": "Hitchiti -či",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mik",
        "2": "-či"
      },
      "expansion": "Mikasuki -či",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mus",
        "2": "-ce"
      },
      "expansion": "Creek -ce",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    }
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    }
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  "lang": "Chickasaw",
  "lang_code": "cic",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "-hchi",
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃi/"
    }
  ],
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