What does "amphikinetic" mean?

Having an accent that tends to shift in the weak cases.

What is a synonym for "amphikinetic"?

Common synonyms include: acrostatic, amphidynamic, hysterokinetic, proterokinetic.

adj

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Adjective

1
Having an accent that tends to shift in the weak cases. not-comparable
"The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘lake’ was amphikinetic: nominative singular *léy-mon-s, genitive *li-mn-és, locative *li-mén-(i)."
2
Relating to amphikinesis. not-comparable

"The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘lake’ was amphikinetic: nominative singular *léy-mon-s, genitive *li-mn-és, locative *li-mén-(i)."

From amphi- + kinetic.

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