Illabial
//əˈlæebi.ɯ(l)// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not labial; unrounded or unlabialized. not-comparable, uncommon
"Lazicius identifies the second part of this interjection with the long high open phoneme y· (as occurring in fy· 'grass'). This interpretation is certainly incorrect since this interjectional ɯ is illabial, whereas y is rounded."
Example
More examples"Lazicius identifies the second part of this interjection with the long high open phoneme y· (as occurring in fy· 'grass'). This interpretation is certainly incorrect since this interjectional ɯ is illabial, whereas y is rounded."
Etymology
From il- + labial.
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