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Interlingua
Pronunciation
Suffix
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- female equivalent of -etto
Usage notes
- As well as indicating females, -etta is also used with inanimate nouns ending in -a, such as boteca (“shop, store”) → botechetta (“small shop”).
- This suffix is not to be confused with -ita (“inhabitant, adherent”).
References
- Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Italian
Suffix
-etta
- feminine of -etto
- molla (“spring”) + -etta → molletta (“clothes peg”)
- maglia (“shirt”) + -etta → maglietta (“T-shirt”)
- attrice (“actress”) + -etta → attricetta (“starlet”)
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