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prepausal

prepausal adjective: before a pause in speech.

Adjective

prepausal (not comparable)

  1. Before a pause in speech.
    • In the simple past and hesternal past (57b), there is an added H on the final vowel (which spreads leftward, when prepausal) and causes deletion of preceding Hs.2014, David Odden, Bantu Phonology, page 27
    Synonyms:
    prepause

Synonyms of prepausal

Antonyms

Origin of prepausal

From pre- + pausal.

Words formed from prepausal

Questions about prepausal

What does prepausal mean?
Prepausal means before a pause in speech.
What part of speech is prepausal?
Prepausal is an adjective.

Words near prepausal in the dictionary

  1. prepatriarchal
  2. prepattern
  3. prepatterned
  4. prepatterning
  5. prepatterns
  6. prepausal
  7. prepausally
  8. prepause
  9. prepave
  10. prepavement
  11. prepay

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