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pretonal

pretonal adjective: pretonic.

Adjective

pretonal (not comparable)

  1. pretonic
    • The -u- and -o- in suntsòrra and tsontsòrra could be the result of pretonal vowel assimilation, but this still leaves us with Bittese tsontsikòrra 'earwig', for which assimilation is not a satisfactory explanation.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 208

Origin of pretonal

From pre- + tonal.

Questions about pretonal

What does pretonal mean?
Pretonal means pretonic.
What part of speech is pretonal?
Pretonal is an adjective.

Words near pretonal in the dictionary

  1. pretoddler
  2. pretoddlers
  3. pretoir
  4. pretold
  5. pretomanid
  6. pretonal
  7. pretonic
  8. pretopological
  9. pretopology
  10. pretor
  11. pretores

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