-a

Morpheme

-a

Type

suffix

Denotation

Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese noun suffix

Etymology

Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese -a

Evidence

aria, marina, pasta, primavera, riviera, selva, soda, squadra, terra, terracotta, vanilla, viola, zebra

Homographs

A, A, a-, a-, a-, a-, a-, a-, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a, -a