-â

Inherited from Late Latin -āta.

-â f (plural -âs) (ORB)

1. Forms nouns.

• IPA^(key): /aː/

From Latin -āre (1^st conjugation verbal suffix).

-â

1. Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most regular verbs.

From Latin -āta, feminine singular of -ātus (1^st conjugation past participle suffix).

-â f (plural -æ)

1. Used to form feminine verbal nouns expressing an instance of the action expressed by the verb.

   ‎aruxentâ (“to rinse”) + ‎-â → ‎aruxentâ (“rinsing”, noun)

2. Used to form words, derived from nouns, meaning a period of time.

   ‎giórno (“daytime”) + ‎-â → ‎giornâ (“day”, the space of a day)

3. Used to form words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold)

   ‎forçìnn-a (“fork”) + ‎-â → ‎forçinâ (“forkful”)

4. Used to form words, derived from nouns, meaning a blow with the named object.

   ‎cotéllo (“knife”) + ‎-â → ‎cotelâ (“stab”, noun)

5. Used to form collective nouns.

   ‎fórno (“oven”) + ‎-â → ‎fornâ (“batch (of baked goods)”)

• Meanings can sometimes overlap, such as in forçinâ (“forkful”, but also “a stab with a fork”).

• -àdda
• -âta

-â m (plural -æ)

1. Used to form a masculine agent noun indicating a person who makes or sells a specified article

   ‎carêga (“chair”) + ‎-â → ‎caregâ (“chairmaker”)

• -á

From Portuguese -ar, the first-conjugation verb-forming suffix.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐ/, /ˈa/

-â

1. verb-forming suffix

   ‎English tiffin + ‎-â → ‎tifinâ (“to have lunch”)

• Largely not productive outside of verbs formed from non-Portuguese stems such as vangueâ.
• -ê, -í and -ú are largely not used to form new verbs in Macanese, except in cases with agreeing vowels.

• (other verb-forming suffixes from Portuguese): -ê, -í
• (other word-final verb-forming suffixes): -ú