abugida
noun/ˌɑː.buˈɡiː.də/US/ə.bʊ.ɡɪ.ɖɑ/
Etymology
From Ge'ez አቡጊዳ (ʾäbugida). First use appears c. 1961. See cite below.
- derived from አቡጊዳ
Definitions
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
- synonymalphasyllabary
- neighborabjad
- neighboralphabet
- neighborsemisyllabary
- neighborsyllabary
- neighborsignary
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for abugida. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA