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/ɪˈleɪbiælɪti/ · noun
(phonetics) The state or condition of being illabial or unrounded..
/ɪ/ shares narrowness and illabiality with /i/, but, on the other hand, backness and illabiality with /a/: two traits, that is, in each case.
It is significant to note that the illabiality is also reflected in early Christian borrowings such as Fi. pappi ‘priest’ < Sl. păpŭ (trad. popъ); cf. as well as in the unstressed position Fi. Raamattu ‘Bible’ < Sl. grāmătā (trad. gramota).
An exception in the context of the generally accepted original illabiality of +lık is L. Johanson and his 1979 study "Die westoghusische Labialharmonie" (here cited after his volume of reprints: Johanson 1991: 26-70).
Use illabiality when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Illabiality means (phonetics) The state or condition of being illabial or unrounded..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
/ɪ/ shares narrowness and illabiality with /i/, but, on the other hand, backness and illabiality with /a/: two traits, that is, in each case.
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