Unaspirated

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not aspirated.

    "Phonetically, in Malay, initial /t/ and /p/ are never aspirated; only /p, b, t, d, k, g/ occur as final stops and are usually unreleased and unaspirated[.]"

Example

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"Phonetically, in Malay, initial /t/ and /p/ are never aspirated; only /p, b, t, d, k, g/ occur as final stops and are usually unreleased and unaspirated[.]"

Etymology

From un- + aspirated.

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