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postconsonantal

adj

Etymology

From post- + consonantal.

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

Definitions

  1. Following or occurring after a consonant.

    • Coordinate term: postvocalic
    • […] -able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]
    • This reconstructed *fra/umíu could in turn go back to earlier *fla/umíu[…] The distinction between postconsonantal -l- and -r- is only preserved in Baunei, for which this specific word is unfortunately not attested.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for postconsonantal. 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