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tsokanye

tsokanye noun: a shift in some Slavic languages and dialects that causes /tʃ/ to merge into /ts/.

Noun

tsokanye (uncountable)

  1. A shift in some Slavic languages and dialects that causes /tʃ/ to merge into /ts/.

Origin of tsokanye

Borrowed from Russian цо́канье (cókanʹje).

Questions about tsokanye

What does tsokanye mean?
Tsokanye means a shift in some Slavic languages and dialects that causes /tʃ/ to merge into /ts/.
What part of speech is tsokanye?
Tsokanye is a noun.

Words near tsokanye in the dictionary

  1. Tso-yün
  2. Tsochen
  3. Tsochuan
  4. Tsoi
  5. Tsois
  6. tsokanye
  7. Tsolak
  8. Tsonga
  9. Tsongan
  10. Tsongdu
  11. tsooris

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