Morpheme
-iinae
Type
suffix
Denotation
taxonomic suffix for naming animal subfamilies and subtribes of plants, algae, fungi, and viruses corresponding to -ium, -ia, -ius, -ion, and -ias nouns
Etymology
suffixal construction from -ium, -ia, -ius, -ion, -ias + -inae
Evidence
Acontiinae, Aegypiinae, Agrimoniinae, Anthiinae, Aphodiinae, Arctiinae, Balviinae, Baroniinae, Bletiinae, Bodotriinae, Carolliinae, Caviinae, Chalcosiinae, Cheloniinae, Citheroniinae, Crambiinae, Cranchiinae, Cyclidiinae, Discoclymeniinae, Dismorphiinae, Disteniinae, Donaciinae, Euphoniinae, Fabriciinae, Formiciinae, Galaxiinae, Galidiinae, Galleriinae, Gattendorfiinae, Gobiatheriinae, Gomphotheriinae, Halitheriinae, Herminiinae, Hyperoliinae, Indricotheriinae, Ithomiinae, Laeliinae, Lamiinae, Larentiinae, Leithiinae, Lithosiinae, Loricariinae, Loriinae, Macromphaliinae, Megathymiinae, Microniinae, Myrmeciinae, Myrmeciinae, Odostomiinae, Omaliinae, Oncidiinae, Orbiniinae, Ortheziinae, Orthocladiinae, Parnassiinae, Peristediinae, Phytalmiinae, Pitheciinae, Plusiinae, Poritiinae, Procaviinae, Protoariciinae, Rhynchotheriinae, Rossiinae, Saghathiinae, Saturniinae, Schoenbiinae, Sylviinae, Taoniinae, Telmatobiinae, Tettigoniinae, Tiberiinae, Trichiinae, Uintatheriinae, Uraniinae, Vandelliinae
See Also
-ium, -ia, -ius, -ion, -ias, -inae