Definition of Retroflexes

1. retroflex [n] - See also: retroflex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retroflexes

retrofitted
retrofitter
retrofitters
retrofitting
retroflect
retroflected
retroflecting
retroflection
retroflections
retroflector
retroflectors
retroflects
retroflex
retroflex fasciculus
retroflexed
retroflexes (current term)
retroflexion
retroflexions
retrofracted
retrofuturism
retrofuturistic
retrogamer
retrogamers
retrogaming
retrogene
retrogenes
retrognathia
retrognathic

Literary usage of Retroflexes

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

1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"The assimilation of n — n and of s § — s after retroflexes is stated partly as a ... The 2pl. suffix -S appears in various paradigms after retroflexes and ..."

2. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"The assimilation of n — n and of s § — s after retroflexes is stated partly as a ... The 2pl. suffix -S appears in various paradigms after retroflexes and ..."

3. The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom by Acharya Buddharakkhita, Buddhiprakāśa Ācārya, Bodhi (1996)
"The cerebrals (also called retroflexes)— t, th, d, dh, n, l—are spoken with the tongue on the roof of the mouth; the dentals—t, th, d, dh, n, ..."

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