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-alha
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Portuguese
Etymology
pt :bor it:-aglia 1
pt it -aglia, from pt la -ālia, accusative neuter plural of la -ālis. Feminine correspondence to pt -alho.
Pronunciation
Suffix
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Forms feminine collective pejorative nouns.
pt gente people gentalha rabble
pt criança child criançalha children behaving inappropriately
pt miúça worthless object miuçalha bunch of worthless objects
Usage notes
Also found in loanwords from Italian containing it -aglia and words derived from Latin containing la -ālia.
Derived terms
pt
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