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labiovelarized

labiovelarized is the simple past and past participle of labiovelarize.

Meaning of labiovelarize

Verb

labiovelarize (third-person singular simple present labiovelarizes, present participle labiovelarizing, simple past and past participle labiovelarized)

  1. To become, or cause to become, labiovelar.
    • [...] recently attempted to explain the origin of the Ukrainian form buty, etc., in another way, i.e., through the labiovelarizing influence of the l closing the syllable (resulting from the non- palatalized l).1979, Ivan Zilynsʹkyĭ, A Phonetic Description of the Ukrainian Language, page 175

Questions about labiovelarized

What is labiovelarized the simple past and past participle of?
Labiovelarized is the simple past and past participle of labiovelarize.

Words near labiovelarized in the dictionary

  1. labiosternal
  2. labiouvular
  3. labiovelar
  4. labiovelarization
  5. labiovelarize
  6. labiovelarized
  7. labiovelarizing
  8. labiovelars
  9. labioversion
  10. labis
  11. labium

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