-enho
Portuguese
Suffix
-enho m (feminine -enha, plural -enhos, feminine plural -enhas)
- forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place
- norte (“north”) + -enho → nortenho (“northerner”)
- Synonyms: -ês, -ão, -ista, -ense, -eiro
- forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”
- norte (“north”) + -enho → nortenho (“of or relating to the north”)
- forms adjectives meaning “having the qualities of [the suffixed material]”
- ferro (“iron”) + -enho → ferrenho (“unyielding”)