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-és

suffix

LanguageMirandese

Meaning
  1. forms nouns and adjectives denoting things and characteristics of a city, region, or country, such as the people and the language or dialect they speak: -ese, -ish, -an, -ian, -ic, -ite
  2. -ese
  3. A suffix used to show where someone comes from or to describe a language or characteristic of a place.
Examples

Pertual (“Portugal”) + -és → pertués (“Portuguese”)

Portugal + -ese → Portuguese

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis suffix is attached to the end of nouns referring to places.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.