"-illa" meaning in Spanish

See -illa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈiʝa/, [ˈi.ʝa], /ˈiʝa/, [ˈi.ʝa], /ˈiʎa/, [ˈi.ʎa], /ˈiʃa/, [ˈi.ʃa], /ˈiʒa/, [ˈi.ʒa], /ˈia/, [ˈi.a] Forms: -illas [plural], -illo [alternative]
Rhymes: -iʝa, -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain), -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines), -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs), -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay), -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama)) Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:inh|osp:-iella}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|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" : "-lus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ellus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ella", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "-iella", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-illa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="-illa">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|-iella|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish -iella, {{inh+|es|osp|-iella}} Inherited from Old Spanish -iella, {{inh|es|la|-ella}} Latin -ella Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} -illa f (noun-forming suffix, plural -illas)
  1. added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive form Tags: feminine, morpheme Synonyms: -ita, -cita Coordinate_terms: -illo
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    },
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    "-i‧lla"
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        },
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈiʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiʎa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʎa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʃa]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈiʒa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʒa]"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    }
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      "form": "-illas",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈiʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiʝa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʝa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiʎa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʎa]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiʃa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈi.ʃa]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈiʒa/"
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈi.a]"
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      "rhymes": "-iʝa"
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    },
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    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))"
    }
  ],
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}

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