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dimoric

dimoric is the alternative form of dimoraic.

Meaning of dimoraic

Adjective

dimoraic (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Having two morae.
    • This is amply demonstrated through the application of tone rules such as Final High Tone Retraction, which deletes a high tone on the final vowel of a word and reassociates it with the second mora of a dimoraic (long) penultimate syllable.1997, AD Mtenje, “The Phonology and Morphology of Kimatuumbi”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, page 170
    Synonyms:
    bimoraic

Origin of dimoric

From di- + moric.

Questions about dimoric

What is dimoric the alternative form of?
Dimoric is the alternative form of dimoraic.

Words near dimoric in the dictionary

  1. Dimond
  2. Dimonds
  3. Dimopoulos
  4. Dimopouloses
  5. dimoraic
  6. dimoric
  7. dimorph
  8. dimorphemic
  9. dimorphic
  10. dimorphically
  11. dimorphid

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