Engma

//ˈɛŋ.mə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink. countable

    "The velar nasal (engma) is transcribed as /ng/."

  2. 2
    The symbol ŋ, used to represent that nasal velar consonant in IPA. countable

    "We kept some of the foreign alphabet symbols such as the accented and umlauted vowels and Greek letters and used the rest of the space for more esoteric linguistic symbols such as "barred-l," and "engma.""

Synonyms

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agmaeng

Example

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"The velar nasal (engma) is transcribed as /ng/."

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of eng + agma.

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