Sonorize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To increase in sonority; to become more sonorous.

    "However, it is not possible to derive the forms of type 1 from Lat. lacūna too, since inherited singleton -c- would have sonorized to **-ɣ- in most dialects."

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"However, it is not possible to derive the forms of type 1 from Lat. lacūna too, since inherited singleton -c- would have sonorized to **-ɣ- in most dialects."

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