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  • a contracted form of a Given Name , such as ''Tony from ''Anthony''.

  • a given name with a Diminutive Suffix ; in some languages diminutive forms of names are used primarily when referring to children and the meaning can oscillate between tenderness and condescension when used for an adult.

  • --- ''-ito/-ita'' or ''-ín/-ina'' in Spanish , such as ''Juanita'' from ''Juana''. Extra consonants may be interposed as in ''Carmelina'' and ''Carmencita'' from Carmen.

  • --- a parallel construction in Portuguese , with ''-inho/-inha'', as in ''Aninha'' from ''Ana'' and ''Joãozinho'' from ''João''.

  • --- ''-ie'' or ''-y'' in English, such as ''Vicky'' from ''Victoria''.

  • --- ''-chan'' in Japanese, such as ''Kana-chan'' from ''Kana'' and ''Aki-chan'' from ''Akihiro''. Gemination (doubling) of the consonant or lengthening of the vowel before the ''-chan'' to provide two moras is common, such as ''Settchan'' from ''Setsuko'' and ''Hii-chan'' from ''Hiroki''.

  • --- Reduplication in various languages, such as ''John-John'' or ''Didi''.

  • --- the addition of a word-final very high tone, or ''changed tone'', in Cantonese and related dialects, sometimes in combination with the addition of the mid-toned prefix ''a'' before the name.


The word "hypocoristic" is used as a noun or adjective in English; some other languages prefer to use the original Greek word "hypocoristicon" as a noun. The noun "hypocoristicon" seems to be rarely used in English.


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