-ina

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-ina

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From Italian -ina and its etymon Classical Latin -īna. In some instances perhaps also partly via Spanish -ina. Doublet of -ine.

suffix

morpheme Used to form feminine nouns. Here are the male spider and the female spider (which shall be named “spiderina” in this article), both of the species of the garden spider. The former is only two-thirds of the size of Miss Spiderina.
Similar: -ine
morpheme Used to form names of musical instruments.

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@misc{ina_2026,
  title = {-ina},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ina},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}