"-ula" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ulabor. English -ula Borrowed from Latin -ula. Doublet of -ule. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:-ula<id:diminutive>|id=diminutive|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ulabor. English -ula [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ula", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ula", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="diminutive" data-lang="en" data-title="-ula" id="English:_diminutive">, {{bor+|en|la|-ula}} Borrowed from Latin -ula, {{doublet|en|-ule}} Doublet of -ule Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -ula, {{en-suffix}} -ula
  1. Forming diminutive nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ula-en-suffix-pwMpAPmw Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 45 55
  2. Denoting things associated with, or compared to, Dracula: Count Chocula, Bunnicula, etc. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ula-en-suffix-RvtjirQV Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 19 50 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 16 47 30 2 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 49 36 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 22 47 30 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 16 52 25 1 5 2
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