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Definition of Cacuminals
1. cacuminal [n] - See also: cacuminal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacuminals
Literary usage of Cacuminals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1880)
"A further cross division will be into liquids, gutturals, dentals, palatals,
labio-dentals, and labials, to which may be added the linguals or cacuminals ..."
2. A Short Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin for Schools and Colleges by Victor Henry (1892)
"... s is always equivalent to English ah;' the cerebrals (cacuminals) are denoted
by a dot underneath the letter in question, egn In Greek, the quantity is ..."
3. The Languages of the Seat of War in the East: With a Survey of the Three by Friedrich Max Müller (1855)
"The proper translation would have been " cacuminals." "Cerebrals" is wrong in
every respect; for no letter is pronounced by means of the brain, ..."
4. A Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages: A Concise Exposition by Karl Brugmann, Robert Seymour Conway, William Henry Denham Rouse (1888)
"The cerebrals (cacuminals) i, th, d, dh are uttered with the tip of the tongue
turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate. va is the guttural, ..."
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