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
Etymology
Latin -a
Evidence
Animalia, Bacteria, Bimana, cilia, Coleoptera, corpora, data, Diptera, genera, glomera, hypogea, folia, Mammalia, media, memoranda, Nucifraga, onera, osmotica, Quadrumana, Reptilia, vellera
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-]
