-ça

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit सह (saha).

Suffix

-ça

1. with

   Phendem lesqe te ʒal mança anθ-o fòro.

   I told him to go with me in the town.

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Turkish

Suffix

-ça

1. like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of
2. Used to form adverbs from nouns and adjectives.

   ‎yavaş (“slow”) + ‎-ça → ‎yavaşça (“slowly”)

3. -ish: Used to form languages from a demonym/nationality.

   ‎Rus (“Russian person”) + ‎-ça → ‎Rusça (“Russian language”) (literally "like a Russian")

4. -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