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-iella
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iella
Old Spanish
Etymology
osp :inh la:-ella
From osp la -ella.
Pronunciation
osp /ˈ-jeʎa/
Suffix
osp suffix masculine -iello diminutive suffixes
added to feminine nouns and adjectives A diminutive suffix.
Usage notes
Some Old Spanish terms apparently suffixed with osp -iello may actually be direct descendants of Latin diminutives formed with la -ellus, and will therefore not have a corresponding non-diminutive form:
osp manziella blemish, from la-lat macella, not a diminutive of *manza
Derived terms
osp
Descendants
es -illa