sandhi
noun/ˈsændi/UK/ˈsʌndi/US/s̪ɐn̪.d̪ʱí/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सं॒धि (saṃdhí, literally “junction; union”). Partial piecewise doublet of synthesis and synth.
- learned borrowing from सं॒धि
Definitions
Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word…
Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.
- The rules on sandhi in Pâli may be divided into rules on vowel-sandhi, and rules on mixed sandhi where a vowel and a consonant are concerned. Consonantal sandhi does not occur in Pâli.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sandhi. 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