Illabiality
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈleɪbiælɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Illabiality is a noun meaning (phonetics) The state or condition of being illabial or unrounded.
Meaning
(phonetics) The state or condition of being illabial or unrounded.
Example Sentences
/ɪ/ shares narrowness and illabiality with /i/, but, on the other hand, backness and illabiality with /a/: two traits, that is, in each case.
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).
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).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include labiality, ill-formedness, illiberalness, roundedness, liableness, ill-definedness.
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