cacuminal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kəˈkjuːmənəl/
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Etymology
From oblique stem of Latin cacūmen, cacūminis (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al.
Meanings
- Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
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(dated) Pronounced using a concave or retroflexed tongue; occasionally palatal sounds more generally.
1992, Anatoly Liberman, Vowel lengthening before resonant + another consonant and svarabhakti in Germanic, Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr, Robert L. Kyes (editors), On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods, Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs 68, page 190, It is a trill, because the choice can be only between a cacuminal trill or a cacuminal lateral, but cacuminal l already exists in the system […] .
1942, George Leonard Trager, Studies in Linguistics, Volumes 1-7, page 52, /L/ and /N/, slightly more cacuminal than the alveolar series, are very rare, and occur only in word-final position.
The cacuminal s is produced by raising the tongue-tip to a point behind the alveoli, with a concavity in its upper surface;
1951, William James Entwistle, The Spanish Language: Together with Portuguese, Catalan and Basque, page 218:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cacuminal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cacuminal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (3)
ru верхушечный (pertaining to a point, top, or crown) · ru ретрофлексный (phonetics) · ru какуминальный (phonetics)