consonanthood en · NOUN
Etymology
From consonant + -hood.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being a consonant.
The physiological identity of syllabic consonants on the other hand, their consonanthood, is left unrecorded.
2012, Tobias Scheer, What is CVCV and why should it be?, page 300: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.
1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159: