Dimoraic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dimoraic is an adjective meaning (linguistics, uncommon) Having two morae.
Meaning
(linguistics, uncommon) Having two morae.
Example Sentences
The analyses indicate that MHE vowel durations correspond to NE durations for the dimoraic (long) vowels, but correspond to the Spanish‐accented vowels of L2E for the monomoraic (short) vowels.
The root is then associated with an H, regardless of its original tonal specification, and this H is realized as a high tone over monomoraic syllables and as a falling tone over dimoraic syllables.
This is amply demonstrated through the application of tone rules such as Final High Tone Retraction, which deletes a high tone on the final vowel of a word and reassociates it with the second mora of a dimoraic (long) penultimate syllable.
Synonyms for dimoraic
Depending on context, synonyms include bimoraic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tetramoraic, trimoraic, quadrimoraic, pentamoraic, bimoraic, monomoraic.
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