-aches

Galician

Alternative forms
  • -ache

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -asche, alternative (Galician) form of -aste, from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī. Cognate with Portuguese -aste and Spanish -aste.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈat͡ʃɪs]

Suffix

-aches

  1. forms the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
    ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-aches → ‎amaches (“[you] loved”)
    ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-aches → ‎cantaches (“[you] sang”)

References
  • “asche” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “-aches” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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