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Ligurian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin -āre, present active infinitive of -ō (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Suffix
-â
- Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most regular verbs.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin -āta, feminine singular of -ātus (1st conjugation past participle suffix).
Suffix
-â f (plural -æ)
- Used to form feminine verbal nouns expressing an instance of the action expressed by the verb.
- aruxentâ (“to rinse”) + -â → aruxentâ (“rinsing”, noun)
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, meaning a period of time.
- giórno (“daytime”) + -â → giornâ (“day”, the space of a day)
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold)
- forçìnn-a (“fork”) + -â → forçinâ (“forkful”)
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, meaning a blow with the named object.
- cotéllo (“knife”) + -â → cotelâ (“stab”, noun)
- Used to form collective nouns.
- fórno (“oven”) + -â → fornâ (“batch (of baked goods)”)
Usage notes
- Meanings can sometimes overlap, such as in forçinâ (“forkful”, but also “a stab with a fork”).
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 3
Suffix
-â m (plural -æ)
- Used to form a masculine agent noun indicating a person who makes or sells a specified article
- carêga (“chair”) + -â → caregâ (“chairmaker”)
Derived terms
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese -ar, the first-conjugation verb-forming suffix.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-â
- verb-forming suffix
- English tiffin + -â → tifinâ (“to have lunch”)
Usage notes
- Largely not productive outside of verbs formed from non-Portuguese stems such as vangueâ.
- -ê, -í and -ú are largely not used to form new verbs in Macanese, except in cases with agreeing vowels.
Derived terms
Related terms
- (other verb-forming suffixes from Portuguese): -ê, -í
- (other word-final verb-forming suffixes): -ú