Spanish Hypocorism
spanish forms diminutives adding 1 of several diminutive suffixes: -ito/a, -cito/a, -ecito/a, -ico/a, -cico/a -illo/a, -cillo/a, -uelo/a, -zuelo/a, -ete/a, -ín, -iño/a:
juana → juanita → ju
jorge → jorgito → jor
antonio → antoñín, antoñito, antoñete, antoñillo, toño, toñito
it common person known 2 first names: josé luis, maría teresa, juan carlos, etc. combining 2 names 1 common way form hypocorism:
many spanish nicknames, however, or can seem unlike original name. notice, however, -ch- [tʃ] sound common in these diminutives:
also, several names (especially female) may have endings cut off , vowel - added @ end in formation of pet names:
beatriz → beti
javier → javi (m.), javy
leticia → leti
pilar, maría del pilar → pili
susana → susi
speakers of philippine languages follow same system.
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