Nonlow
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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[…]”"
Example
More examples"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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