Ticos, as Costa Ricans affectionately call themselves, are so named for their linguistic tendency to add the diminutive "tico" to the end of each word.
Vanhu va le Costa Rica va vuriwa Ma-tico, ku nga rito leri humaka eka mukhuva wa vona wo engetela rito "-ico" emakumu ka marito leswaku va tsongahata ngopfu swilo.