nazālums

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From nazāls (nasal) +‎ -ums.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nazālums m (1st declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) nasality, nasalness (the quality of that which is nasal, which is accompanied by simultaneous airflow through the nose)
    balss nazālumsthe nasality of a voice
    patskaņa nazālumsthe nasality of a vowel
    slēdzeņa ŋ artikulācija vietas ziņā ir līdzīga līdzskaņu k, g artikulācijai, atšķirdamas tikai ar nazālumuwith respect to the place of articulation, the occlusive ŋ is similar to the articulation of the consonants k, g, differing (from them) only with (= by, because of) nasalization

Declension

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