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I seem to hear and read this construction often, but can't seem to find any
information about it on Google (or other search engines), as well as other
sites I've checked. I've tried several different search queries in different
combinations but had no luck. A more complete example would be:

> あいつをま守れなっきゃ。(あいつをまもれなっきゃ)

It _might_ be -きゃ instead of -っきゃ, actually. I'm not sure. This is the only
example I can think of off the top of my head, and I'm not quite sure if the
verb form is potential (守れる) or simple present (守る) before the (probably)
negative (-な-) and the unknown (-っきゃ or -きゃ) suffix are added. I also believe
it could be a colloquial contraction or construction due to the context and
surrounding language.

Edit: Apparently, this is very similar to another question. I apologize for
the duplicate question. Thank you Ben for pointing me in the right direction,
and thank you very much Justin N for your answer. They both help a lot. And I
apologize for the duplicate. I'll make sure I am more thorough in my future
searches, too.
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What does the verbal contraction/suffix -kkya or -kya at the end of a clause mean?
なきゃ is a shortened way of saying なければ, which in your example is then followed
by an implicit ならない. This is the standard way of saying that you should do
something by saying that not doing it would be bad. There's a similar
contraction of なくては to なくちゃ, also frequently used with the implicit ならない.

To use this, you first conjugate the verb to the negative, ending in ない
(because you're going to say that not doing it is bad). Then use the
i-adjective rules to conjugate to the conditional form ending in なければ, then
substitute that with なきゃ.

Regarding the small つ, that's likely just a bit of flair that reflects the way
the person was speaking.
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