Type 1 Suffix -chuq "One Another"

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Here is the second Type 1 reflexive suffix.

-chuq one another

When you want to describe an action being done to one another - They accidentally struck each other; you only fooled each other; We freed each other; Identify yourselves! - you use the Type 1 verb suffix -chuq one another.

When describing a verb with -chuq, the verb prefix indicating "no object" must be used. This suffix is only to be used with verbs using plural subject prefixes (we, you, they).

matlhabchuqmoHta'	We freed one another
Sutojchuqpu' neH	You only fooled each other
SuqelchuqlaHbe'	You cannot consider each other
bong qIpchuq	They accidentally hit one another
buSchuq	They thought of one another
tlhochchuq	They contradicted one another
Hoy'chuq	They congratulate one another
SumISchuqmoH neH	You only confuse yourselves
Qaw'chuqpu'	They destroyed each other
chaq voqHa'chuqqa'	Perhaps they are distrusting one another again

Just as with -'egh, so too can -chuq be used with imperative commands. Only the plural subject verb prefix with no object (pe-) can be used.

pe'oSchuq	Represent one another!
pejotchuqmoH	Calm one another!
peSeHchuq	Control one another!
petoDchuq	Save each other!
peSeHchuq	Control one another!
pebuSchuq	Focus on one another!

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