nāsenis

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Coined in the 1920s, from nāss (nostril) +‎ -enis.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nāsenis m (2nd declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) nasal consonant (a consonant articulated simultaneously with nasal airflow; e.g., m, n)
    sanskrita nāsenis ñ ir pielāgojošs alofons līdzskanim nthe Sanskrit nasal consonant ñ is an assimilating allophone of the consonant n

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN