Morpheme
-a
Type
suffix
Denotation
Latin plural of -um (often zoological or taxonomic suffix)
Etymology
Latin -a
Evidence
Animalia, Bacteria, Bimana, cilia, Coleoptera, data, Diptera, hypogea, folia, Mammalia, media, memoranda, Nucifraga, osmotica, Quadrumana, Reptilia
See Also
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-]
