Nonlow

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not low. not-comparable

    "Welmers, William Everett (1973), African Language Structures, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 82: “After a low tone at any point in a phrase, there are only two possibilities: the next syllable may have the same pitch and thus also have low tone, or it may have a nonlow pitch[…]”"

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"Welmers, William Everett (1973), African Language Structures, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 82: “After a low tone at any point in a phrase, there are only two possibilities: the next syllable may have the same pitch and thus also have low tone, or it may have a nonlow pitch[…]”"

Etymology

From non- + low.

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