-uxe

• -uge, -uje
• -ugem (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -uge, from Latin -ugo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.ʃɪ]

-uxe f (noun-forming suffix, plural -uxes)

1. forms abstract or uncountable feminine nouns, meaning a material with slightly the properties of the base

   ‎pelo (“hair”) + ‎-uxe → ‎peluxe (“little hair”)

   ‎pena (“feather (archaic)”) + ‎-uxe → ‎penuxe (“little feathers”)

   ‎albar (“white [also from the root alb- of other words like albeiro or albariño]”) + ‎-uxe → ‎albuxe (“albugo, white spot on the eye”)

   ‎la (“wool”) + ‎-uxe → ‎lanuxe (“lanugo, thin wool”)

   ‎ferro (“iron”) + ‎-uxe → ‎ferruxe (“ferrugo, rust”)

   ?‎fel (“gall, bile”) + ‎-uxe → ‎feluxe (“soot”)

   ?‎mel (“honey”) + ‎-uxe → ‎meluxe (“thin [person]”)

   ?‎virar (“to turn”) + ‎-uxe → ‎viruxe (“cold, wind”)

• cf. -axe with Occitanian origin or from a Latin word with -ago/-āginem.