Definitions
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- verb transitive, phonetics To make
uvular .
Etymologies
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uvular + -ize
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Examples
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The vowel *ə in that example, not being a low vowel, didn't uvularize the preceding word-initial velar stop to *q-, although the following laryngeal was uvularized by the second vowel.
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The vowel *ə in that example, not being a low vowel, didn't uvularize the preceding word-initial velar stop to *q-, although the following laryngeal was uvularized by the second vowel.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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