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consonantalized

consonantalized is the simple past and past participle of consonantalize.

Meaning of consonantalize

Verb

consonantalize (third-person singular simple present consonantalizes, present participle consonantalizing, simple past and past participle consonantalized)

  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

Questions about consonantalized

What is consonantalized the simple past and past participle of?
Consonantalized is the simple past and past participle of consonantalize.

Words near consonantalized in the dictionary

  1. consonant stems
  2. consonantal
  3. consonantalization
  4. consonantalizations
  5. consonantalize
  6. consonantalized
  7. consonantalizes
  8. consonantalizing
  9. consonantally
  10. consonantaries
  11. consonantary

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