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Appendix:Variations of "in" Asturian Pronunciation Suffix -in -in -inos diminutive suffixes -in -inos forms diminutives of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs ast -icu -iellu -ucu ast -ón -ote ast camín <t:way, path, road> caminín ast muyer <t:woman> muyerina ast casa <t:house> casina forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people or the language or dialect they speak: -ine, -an, -ian, -ese, -ish, -ic, -i ast -anu -ense -és -ita ast Avilés avilesín ast Israel israelín <t:Israeli> ast Montenegru <t:Montenegro> montenegrín <t:Montenegrin> Galician Etymology 1 Suffix gl suffix form forms the first-person singular indicative preterite of gl -er and gl -ir verbs See also gl -é Etymology 2 Suffix -iña,-ía<q:Galician-Asturian> -íns,-íos<q:Galician-Asturian> -iñas,-ías<q:Galician-Asturian>gl diminutive suffixes gl northeastern Galician Galician-Asturian gl -iño diminutive suffix Irish Etymology 1 The suffix -ín replaced the Old Irish suffixes sga -án, sga -én, and others probably under the influence of forms like sga Áugustín from Latin la Augustīnus.174 Suffix n m Suffix used to form diminutive nouns, sometimes with semantic shift from the original noun. ga capall horse capaillín pony ga lacha duck lachín duckling ga pota pot poitín poteen ga teach house teachín cottage Etymology 2 From ga en -ine, from ga fro -ine, from ga la -īnus, from ga grc -ινος. Suffix n m ga chemistry -ine ga aimín amine ga anailín aniline ga iaidín iodine Usage notes All nouns ending in a broad consonant change to a slender consonant before taking -ín, except words with stems ending in -ach Declension - ín íní Derived terms ga References Further reading Spanish Etymology es :uder la:-īnus 1 + es Borrowed from Asturleonese or native variant of -ino? Suffix -ines,-inos<q:Asturias> m -ines,-inos<q:Asturias>es diminutive suffixes es northern Spain especially Asturias and León forms diminutives of nouns, often already with a diminutive suffix es chiquito little boy chiquitín very young boy es little bit poquito poquitín tiny bit Usage notes This suffix is most commonly used in Spain, particularly in current or former Asturleonese speaking areas (Asturias and León). It can be used for nouns (es cafetín) or adjectives (es pequeñín). Derived terms es Further reading