lusism

English

Noun

lusism (plural lusisms)

1. Any word or phrase borrowed from Portuguese, or suggestive of Portuguese.
   • 2009, Geoffrey Hull, Standard Tetum--English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, Introduction, page x:

     In addition to this, many of the basic hereditary lexemes still used in Tetun-Terik have been replaced by lusisms (borrowings from the Portuguese) in Tetum-Praça.

See also

• reintegrationism

Anagrams

• simuls