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apicopalatal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apico- Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English palatal English apicopalatal From apico- + palatal.

Meanings

1. (of a sound) Articulated with the tip of the tongue against the palate.
   • (4) The /r/ in the word-medial /ri/ in the Tokyo dialect corresponds to the apicopalatal fricative. 2013, Takesi Sibata, Sociolinguistics in Japanese Contexts, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 52:
   • Labialized apicopalatal trill : The production of this sound is identical to that of […] except that the lips are rounded during the articulation ... 1984, G. Devi Prasada Sastry, Mishmi Phonetic Reader:
   • […] the apicopalatal ("retroflex") consonants require a difficult maneuvering of the apex in their ... 1997, Zia Rauf, Phonology of Delhi Urdu:

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