abugida

noun
/ˌɑː.buˈɡiː.də/US/ə.bʊ.ɡɪ.ɖɑ/

Etymology

From Ge'ez አቡጊዳ (ʾäbugida). First use appears c. 1961. See cite below.

  1. derived from አቡጊዳ

Definitions

  1. A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a…

    A kind of syllabary (syllabic alphabet) in which a symbol or glyph representing a syllable contains parts representing a vowel and a consonant, such that symbols for syllables not including the default vowel are generated by adding a common notation to indicate the vowel that it does include.

    • Words are entered under the Abugida system.
    • In an abugida, each consonant carries an inherent vowel, usually /a/.

The neighborhood

Derived

abugidic

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for abugida. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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