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labiovelarizing

labiovelarizing is the present participle and gerund 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 labiovelarizing

What is labiovelarizing the present participle and gerund of?
Labiovelarizing is the present participle and gerund of labiovelarize.

Words near labiovelarizing in the dictionary

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

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