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tonoexodus

tonoexodus noun: a process in which a language loses tones.

Noun

tonoexodus (uncountable)

  1. A process in which a language loses tones.
    Antonyms:
    tonogenesis

Antonyms of tonoexodus

Origin of tonoexodus

From tono- + Exodus, by analogy with tonogenesis, reinterpreting the suffix -genesis as the book of the Bible, Genesis, which is directly followed by Exodus.

Questions about tonoexodus

What does tonoexodus mean?
Tonoexodus means a process in which a language loses tones.
What part of speech is tonoexodus?
Tonoexodus is a noun.

Words near tonoexodus in the dictionary

  1. tonnoideans
  2. Tonns
  3. Tonnu
  4. Tonnus
  5. tono-
  6. tonoexodus
  7. tonofibril
  8. tonofibrillar
  9. tonofibrils
  10. tonofilament
  11. tonofilaments

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