-eño

• -ano, -eno

Inherited from Latin -ēnus (forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun), an enlargement of -nus. Compare Sayula Popoluca -enho.

Alternatively, from Latin -ineus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɲo/ [ˈe.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -eɲo
• Syllabification: -e‧ño

-eño (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eña, masculine plural -eños, feminine plural -eñas)

1. coming from, related to, or like

   ‎trigo (“wheat”) + ‎-eño → ‎trigueño (“similar to wheat”)

   ‎Navidad (“Christmas”) + ‎-eño → ‎navideño (“Christmas (relational)”)

• Forms adjectives from nouns, but the adjectives in turn often come to be used as nouns.

-eño m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eños, feminine -eña, feminine plural -eñas)

1. one from, belonging to, relating to, made from, or like

   ‎Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-eño → ‎brasileño (“Brazilian”, adjective) → ‎brasileño (“Brazilian”, noun)

   ‎barro (“clay”) + ‎-eño → ‎barreño (“earthenware bowl”)

• “-eño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈenjo/ [ˈɛː.ɲo]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈenjo/ [ˈɛn̪.jo]
• Rhymes: -enjo
• Syllabification: -e‧ño

-eño (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. alternative spelling of -enyo