-aia

Appendix:Variations of "aia" Italian Alternative forms it -ara chiefly central Italy it -aglia Rome hypercorrect sometimes humorous Etymology it la -āria, feminine of la -ārius. Compare the doublet it -aria. Example: Italian it operaia, from Latin la operāria. Pronunciation Suffix f + + + forms feminine agent nouns from verbs it astuccio<t:box, carton> astucciaia<t:female who makes or sells boxes or cartons> it asola<t:buttonhole hole for a button> asolaia<t:female who makes buttonholes> it burattino<t:pullet> burattinaia<t:female puppeteer, female puppet master> added to nouns to form collective nouns, meaning a place in which to find a great quantity of the named object it fungo mushroom fungaia fungaia mushroom bed it riso rice risaia risaia paddy field it ghiaccio ice ghiacciaia ghiacciaia icebox Derived terms it Suffix adjective f it -aio See also it -aria