-ça
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"
Romani
Etymology
Suffix
-ça
- with
- Phendem lesqe te ʒal mança anθ-o fòro.
- I told him to go with me in the town.
Turkish
Suffix
-ça
- like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
- Used to form adverbs from nouns and adjectives.
- -ish: Used to form languages from a demonym/nationality.
- -ian, -ese: Used to form languages from the name of a country or region.
- Asturyas (“Asturias”) + -ça → Asturyasça (“Asturian language”)
Usage notes
- It's used when the nationality word's last vowel is one of "a", "ı", "o" or "u" and the last consonant is one of "f", "s", "t", "k", "ç", "ş", "h", or "p"
- It can become -ce, -ca, -çe according to the last vowel and the last consonant of the word.
Derived terms
Category Turkish terms suffixed with -ça not found