xenoclitic

English

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ clitic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛnə(ʊ)klɪtɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈzinoʊklɪtɪk/

Adjective

xenoclitic (not comparable)

1. (Romani linguistics) Having an inflection and stress pattern characteristic of European vocabulary.

   Antonym: oikoclitic

   • 2006, Viktor Elšík, Yaron Matras, “Early Romani”, in Markedness and Language Change: The Romani Sample (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology; 32)‎^[1], Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, →LCCN, pages 72–73:

     The plural oblique of xenoclitic classes was not distinct from that of oikoclitic classes in ER.

   • 2008, Bernard Comrie, “Inflectional morphology and language contact, with special reference to mixed languages”, in Monika Rothweiler, Juliane House, Peter Siemund, editors, Language Contact and Contact Languages (Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism)‎^[2], John Benjamins, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 20:

     Although there are some similarities between oikoclitic and xenoclitic classes - perhaps most noticeably the constant plural oblique -en (though with a variant -jen restricted to the oikoclitic classes), an inflection that is clearly indigenous - there are also striking differences.

   • 2017, Michael Beníšek, Eastern Uzh varieties of North Central Romani, Charles University, page 100:

     Oikoclitic participles are based on the perfective stem of verbs, while xenoclitic participles are marked by a special participial suffix.