Definition of Labiovelar

1. Noun. (phonetics) a velar sound articulated with lip-rounding, i.e. labialization ¹

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Definition of Labiovelar

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Labiovelar

labiogingival lamina
labioglossolaryngeal
labioglossopharyngeal
labiograph
labiomental
labiopalatine
labioplacement
labioplasty
labiovelars
labioversion
labis
labises
labitome
labium externum cristae iliacae
labium inferius oris
labium internum cristae iliacae
labium laterale lineae asperae
labium limbi tympanicum laminae spiralis
labium limbi vestibulare laminae spiralis

Literary usage of Labiovelar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... in the preceding section directly affected, however, the phonemic status of the velars before /e/ and /i/. The weakening and loss of the labiovelar ..."

2. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1897)
"The point which still remains unsettled seems to me to be whether the labiovelar tenuis was originally aspirated or unaspirated : nothing, as far as can be ..."

3. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1916)
"... 51, 59, 179), and haplology (182), when we meet with assimilation, dissimilation, aspiration, labiovelar, by-form, and the like. ..."

4. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"-l, vow. shortened bef., 213; decl. of Nouns in, 376. Labials, phon. changes of, 281 sqq. labiovelar Gutt., phon. changes of, 299 sqq. ..."

5. A Short Historical Latin Grammar by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1895)
"labiovelar q" is Latin qu, eg quattuor, qui ; g" is Latin v, but after a consonant gu, and before a consonant g, ..."

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