"-ku" meaning in Quechua

See -ku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|qu|suffix}} -ku
  1. reflexive suffix: to or for oneself Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ku-qu-suffix-COQfYM6~ Categories (other): Quechua links with redundant target parameters
  2. Marks plural first person exclusive and plural third person. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ku-qu-suffix-IEyEHLNE Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using catfix, Quechua entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 15 15 15 0 13 3 4 6 4 5 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 15 15 0 13 3 3 6 4 5 19 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 11 89 Disambiguation of Quechua entries with incorrect language header: 24 76
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "qu",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ku",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Quechua",
  "lang_code": "qu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Quechua links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mayllay (“to wash something”) → mayllakuy (“to wash oneself”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "rantiy (“to buy something”) → rantikuy (“to buy something for oneself”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reflexive suffix: to or for oneself"
      ],
      "id": "en--ku-qu-suffix-COQfYM6~",
      "links": [
        [
          "reflexive suffix",
          "reflexive#English"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 15 0 13 3 4 6 4 5 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 15 0 13 3 3 6 4 5 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Quechua entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Llamkaniku. We (exclusive) work."
        },
        {
          "text": "Llamkanku. They work."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks plural first person exclusive and plural third person."
      ],
      "id": "en--ku-qu-suffix-IEyEHLNE",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ku"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Quechua entries with incorrect language header",
    "Quechua lemmas",
    "Quechua suffixes"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "qu",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-ku",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Quechua",
  "lang_code": "qu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Quechua links with redundant target parameters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mayllay (“to wash something”) → mayllakuy (“to wash oneself”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "rantiy (“to buy something”) → rantikuy (“to buy something for oneself”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reflexive suffix: to or for oneself"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reflexive suffix",
          "reflexive#English"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Llamkaniku. We (exclusive) work."
        },
        {
          "text": "Llamkanku. They work."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Marks plural first person exclusive and plural third person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ku"
}

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