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akanye

akanye noun: a case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).

Noun

akanye (uncountable)

  1. A case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).

Forms of akanye

alternative formakanje

Origin of akanye

Borrowed from Russian а́канье (ákanʹje).

Questions about akanye

What does akanye mean?
Akanye means a case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).
What part of speech is akanye?
Akanye is a noun.

Words near akanye in the dictionary

  1. Akane
  2. akanje
  3. Akanksha
  4. Akansha
  5. akanthion
  6. akanye
  7. akaogiite
  8. akapuka
  9. Akar-Bale
  10. akara
  11. akarma

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