-აჸო

Probably from Tushetian Georgian -აჸი̆ (-aʾĭ), from Old Georgian -აკი (-aḳi).

• IPA^(key): /-aʔŏ/

-აჸო̆ (-aʾŏ)

1. Added to nouns, forms diminutives, sometimes with a further change in meaning

   ‎ა̄სე̆ (āsĕ, “calf”) + ‎-აჸო (-aʾo) → ‎ა̄საჸო̆ (āsaʾŏ, “heifer”)

   ‎*კვირა (*ḳvira) + ‎-აჸო (-aʾo) → ‎კვირაჸო̆ (ḳviraʾŏ, “Sunday”)

   ‎*გაგ (*gag) + ‎-აჸო (-aʾo) → ‎გაგაჸო̆ (gagaʾŏ, “belly, stomach”)

   ‎სტაფილო̆ (sṭapilŏ, “carrot”) + ‎-აჸო (-aʾo) → ‎სტაჲფლაჸო̆ (sṭayplaʾŏ, “carrot”)

• Wichers Schreur, Jesse (2025), Intensive language contact in the Caucasus: The case of Tsova-Tush (Languages of the Caucasus; 5)‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, page 80, footnote 13