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dentilabialize

dentilabialize verb: of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc).

Verb

dentilabialize (third-person singular simple present dentilabializes, present participle dentilabializing, simple past and past participle dentilabialized)

  1. Of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc).

Forms of dentilabialize

third-person singular presentdentilabializes
present participledentilabializing
past participledentilabialized
pastdentilabialized
alternative formdentilabialise

Origin of dentilabialize

From dentilabial + -ize.

Questions about dentilabialize

What does dentilabialize mean?
Dentilabialize means of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc).
What part of speech is dentilabialize?
Dentilabialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dentilabialize?
The past tense of dentilabialize is dentilabialized.

Words near dentilabialize in the dictionary

  1. dentifrices
  2. dentigerous
  3. dentil
  4. dentilabial
  5. dentilabialization
  6. dentilabialize
  7. dentilabials
  8. dentilated
  9. dentilation
  10. dentilations
  11. dentilave

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