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labiovelarize en · VERB

Etymology

From labiovelar + -ize.

Meanings

1. To become, or cause to become, labiovelar.
   • 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:
   • [...] recently attempted to explain the origin of the Ukrainian form buty, etc., in another way, i.e., through the labiovelarizing influence of the l closing the syllable (resulting from the non- palatalized l). 1979, Ivan Zilynsʹkyĭ, A Phonetic Description of the Ukrainian Language, page 175:

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