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svarabhaktic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌswɑɹəˈbɑktɪk/ (US)
  • /ˌsvʌɹəˈbɑːktɪk/ (UK)
  • /ˌswʌɹəˈbɑːktɪk/ (UK)
  • /-bʌktɪk/ (UK)
  • /ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑktɪk/ (US)

Etymology

From svarabhakti + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to svarabhakti.
    • [Informant] also repeated ják̄iʃ. This ja is very uncertain − probably she said svarabhaktic e 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:
    • Not previously mentioned is the svarabhaktic glide which in a few instances was present between r and another consonant. 1942 March 2, Joseph Sargent Hall, “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, section 13, page 106: