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lusisms

lusisms is the plural of lusism.

Meaning of lusism

Noun

lusism (plural lusisms)

  1. Any word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.
    • In addition to this, many of the basic hereditary lexemes still used in Tetun-Terik have been replaced by lusisms (borrowings from the Portuguese) in Tetum-Praça.2009, Geoffrey Hull, Standard Tetum--English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, Introduction, page x

Noun capitalized: Lusisms

Lusisms

  1. (plural) plural of Lusism.

Questions about lusisms

What is lusisms the plural of?
Lusisms is the plural of lusism.
What part of speech is lusisms?
Lusisms is a noun.

Words near lusisms in the dictionary

  1. lusiferase
  2. Lusignan
  3. Lusignans
  4. lusinotropic
  5. lusism
  6. lusisms
  7. Lusitania
  8. lusitanian
  9. Lusitanians
  10. Lusitanic
  11. Lusitanism

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