honcho > honchas

[Michael T. Wescoat]

I take your point.

> A number of Web examples appear. I also find (much sparser) "hobo" >
> "hoba" and "bozo" > "boza". Also "Anglo" > "Angla".

I suppose English speakers do apply Spanish-like o~a gender marking
to o-final words that are not assumed to be Spanish loans.

Michael T. Wescoat

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