Morpheme
-a
Type
suffix
Denotation
(1) Latin plural of -um (often zoological or taxonomic suffix); (2) Latin plural of -us of third declension nouns with -er- and -or- oblique stems; (3) Latin plural of -en of third declension nouns with -in- oblique stems; (4) Latin plural of -ut of third declension nouns with -it- oblique stems
Etymology
Latin -a
Evidence
abdomina, Animalia, Bacteria, Bimana, cilia, Coleoptera, corpora, data, Diptera, genera, glomera, hypogea, folia, Mammalia, media, memoranda, Nucifraga, occipita, onera, osmotica, Quadrumana, Reptilia, sincipita, vellera
