Dictionary Entry [entry ID #799] (related entries)
-ch (or -ji) • little, tiny, dear, in a small or gentle way • suffix
Note: diminutive suffix, sometimes changed to -ts, -dzi
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- k'ila:jonde'-ji
hazelnut (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- na:k'it'ot-ch
small piglet (spoken by Verdena Parker)
- miwung'ji-yima:n'dil
a little bit white (mostly Indian) (spoken by Verdena Parker)
Examples from texts
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small child starting to sit up, it started growing up a little bit, then it started walking
There was all kinds of food there, like even salmon...
and then, when I got a little bigger, they said [the old people]
and that's the way it happened, and after a short time went by
when it got a little later in the afternoon I vomited blood
"she seems like she's only going to be breathing a little while longer, it looks like only about two more hours from now"
I sat up at the edge of the bed
and then we wrote some things
she said to me, "the desk (that which you sit in) with stuff in it ...
for him they brought things together (gifts) and had a big dinner
instruments were playing, all kinds of food, they set up a whole lot in bowls