-a

Morpheme

-a

Type

suffix

Denotation

Romance feminine noun suffix (masculine -o)

Etymology

Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan -a

Evidence

aria, cabana, casa, fava, foiba, mandorla, marasca, marina, paella, palma, pasta, pellagra, primavera, riviera, Romagna, sala, selva, soda, squadra, tequila, terra, terracotta, umbrella, vanilla, viola, zebra

See Also

-o

Homographs

A, A, a-, a-, a-, a-, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, a(n)- [a-, an-], a(b)(s)- [ab-, abs-, a-]

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