oikoclitic
UK/ˈɔɪkə(ʊ)klɪtɪk/US/ˈɔɪkoʊklɪtɪk/
oikoclitic adjective: having an inflection and stress pattern characteristic of pre-European vocabulary.
Adjective
oikoclitic (not comparable)
- Having an inflection and stress pattern characteristic of pre-European vocabulary.
- In the oblique, the vowel of the oikoclitic singular masculine marker has been assimilated to the vowel of the Greek-derived nominative markers.2006, Viktor Elšík, Yaron Matras, “Early Romani”, in Markedness and Language Change: The Romani Sample (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology; 32), Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 72
- Although there are some similarities between oikoclitic and xenoclitic classes - perhaps most noticeably the constant plural oblique -en (though with a variant -jen restricted to the oikoclitic classes), an inflection that is clearly indigenous - there are also striking differences.2008, Bernard Comrie, “Inflectional morphology and language contact, with special reference to mixed languages”, in Monika Rothweiler, Juliane House, Peter Siemund, editors, Language Contact and...
- Antonyms:
- xenoclitic
Antonyms of oikoclitic
Origin of oikoclitic
From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) + clitic.
Questions about oikoclitic
- What does oikoclitic mean?
- Oikoclitic means having an inflection and stress pattern characteristic of pre-European vocabulary.
- What part of speech is oikoclitic?
- Oikoclitic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce oikoclitic?
- Oikoclitic is pronounced /ˈɔɪkə(ʊ)klɪtɪk/ (UK).
Words near oikoclitic in the dictionary
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