-alha

Borrowed from Italian -aglia, from Latin -ālia, accusative neuter plural of -ālis.

-alha f (noun-forming suffix, plural -alhas)

1. Forms feminine collective pejorative nouns.

   ‎gente (“people”) + ‎-alha → ‎gentalha (“rabble”)

   ‎criança (“child”) + ‎-alha → ‎criançalha (“children behaving inappropriately”)

   ‎miúça (“worthless object”) + ‎-alha → ‎miuçalha (“bunch of worthless objects”)

• Also found in loanwords from Italian containing -aglia and words derived from Latin containing -ālia.