lusism

noun

lusism

noun

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In addition to this, many of the basic hereditary lexemes still used in Tetun-Terik have been replaced by lusisms (borrowings from the Portuguese) in Tetum-Praça.2009, Geoffrey Hull, Standard Tetum--English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin,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

Related terms: Portuguesism, reintegrationism

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