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consonantalize en · VERB

Etymology

From consonantal + -ize.

Meanings

  1. To become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
consonantalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
consonantalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
consonantalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
consonantalized Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (6)

de konsonantieren (Translations) · pl skonsonantyzować (Translations) · fi tulla konsonantiksi (Translations) · pl konsonantyzować (Translations) · fi muuttua konsonantiksi (Translations) · ro consonantiza (Translations)