-ыкчы

Tuvan

Etymology

Morphologically -ык (-ık, forming verbal nouns from verbs) +‎ -чы (-çı, forming agent nouns from nouns). Cognate with Yakut -ааччы (-aaccı), Kazakh -ушы (-uşy), etc.

Suffix

-ыкчы • (-ıkçı) (complying with vowel harmony)

1. Forming agent nouns from verbs.

   ‎узан- (uzan-, “to forge”) + ‎-ыкчы (-ıkçı) → ‎узаныкчы (uzanıkçı, “blacksmith”)

See also

• -кчы (-kçı), -укчу (-ukçu), -кчу (-kçu), -икчи (-ikçi), -кчи (-kçi), -үкчү (-ükçü), -кчү (-kçü)