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consonantalize

verb

Etymology

From consonantal + -ize.

  1. derived from σύμφωνον
  2. derived from cōnsonāns
  3. derived from consonant
  4. inherited from consonant
  5. formed as consonantal — “consonant + -al”
  6. formed as consonantalize — “consonantal + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.

    • It is usually defined as a process whereby front vowels consonantalize (palatalize) to the semivowel /j/ when followed by certain other vowels [...] or whereby back vowels consonantalize (labiovelarize) to the semivowel /w/ [...]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for consonantalize. 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