Inherited fromLate Latin-āta.
-â f (plural-âs)(ORB)
- Forms nouns.
FromLatin-āre(1st conjugation verbal suffix).
-â
- Used, with astem, to form theinfinitive of mostregularverbs.
FromLatin-āta, feminine singular of-ātus(1st conjugation past participle suffix).
-â f (plural-æ)
- Used to form feminineverbal nouns expressing an instance of the action expressed by the verb.
- aruxentâ(“to rinse”) + -â → aruxentâ(“rinsing”,noun)
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, meaning a period oftime.
- giórno(“daytime”) + -â → giornâ(“day”,the space of a day)
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, corresponding to-ful (as much as something will hold)
- forçìnn-a(“fork”) + -â → forçinâ(“forkful”)
- Used to form words, derived from nouns, meaning ablow with the named object.
- cotéllo(“knife”) + -â → cotelâ(“stab”,noun)
- Used to formcollective nouns.
- fórno(“oven”) + -â → fornâ(“batch (of baked goods)”)
- Meanings can sometimes overlap, such as inforçinâ(“forkful”, but also “a stab with a fork”).
-â m (plural-æ)
- Used to form a masculineagent noun indicating a person who makes or sells a specified article
- carêga(“chair”) + -â → caregâ(“chairmaker”)
FromPortuguese-ar, the first-conjugation verb-forming suffix.
-â
- verb-forming suffix
- Englishtiffin + -â → tifinâ(“to have lunch”)
- Largely not productive outside of verbs formed from non-Portuguese stems such asvangueâ.
- -ê,-í and-ú are largely not used to form new verbs in Macanese, except in cases with agreeing vowels.
- (other verb-forming suffixes from Portuguese):-ê,-í
- (other word-final verb-forming suffixes):-ú
