consonantalize
English
Etymology
consonantal + -ize
Verb
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- (phonetics) To become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.
- 2006, Casper Jan Hendrik Krüger, R.S. Pretorius, Introduction to the morphology of Setswana (→ISBN)
- It is usually defined as a process whereby front vowels consonantalize (palatalize) to the semivowel /j/ when followed by certain other vowels [...] or whereby back vowels consonantalize (labiovelarize) to the semivowel /w/ [...]
- 2006, Casper Jan Hendrik Krüger, R.S. Pretorius, Introduction to the morphology of Setswana (→ISBN)