vowelhood

English

Etymology

From vowel +‎ -hood.

Noun

vowelhood (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) The property of being a vowel.
   • 1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159:

     However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories.

See also

• consonanthood