Labiovelarize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become, or cause to become, labiovelar.

    "[...] recently attempted to explain the origin of the Ukrainian form buty, etc., in another way, i.e., through the labiovelarizing influence of the l closing the syllable (resulting from the non- palatalized l)."

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"[...] recently attempted to explain the origin of the Ukrainian form buty, etc., in another way, i.e., through the labiovelarizing influence of the l closing the syllable (resulting from the non- palatalized l)."

Etymology

From labiovelar + -ize.

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