-ciño

Appendix:Variations of "cino" Galician Alternative forms gl -cín Eastern Galician Etymology gl :af -c- -iño + 1 Compare pt -zinho. Suffix m + gl -iño gl furón ferret furonciño wood mouse gl can dog canciño little dog; pup Usage notes Used when the end sound of a word is a nasal, semivowel or vowel and the word is an oxytone; sometimes with semantic shift from the original noun. Traditionally, this suffix attaches to words with stress on the last syllable, while those ending in unstressed -o, -a or -e use gl -iño (or gl -iña for feminine words). Derived terms From gl.