labiovelarn.adj.
/ˌleɪbɪə(ʊ)ˈviːlə/, U.S. /ˌleɪbioʊˈvilər/ Phonetics.
A. n.
A speech sound articulated with the back of the tongue against or approximated to the soft palate and the lips rounded; a labiovelar speech sound.Also known as labial-velar.
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velar1886
labiovelar1892
post-velar1934
1892 Academy 9 Jan. 42/2 In Greek dialects the conditions under which a labio-velar is turned into a velar, a dental, or a labial, are substantially the same for the media and aspirate as for the tenuis.
1895 W. M. Lindsay Short Hist. Lat. Gram. x. 156 We must distinguish..Labiovelars,..which become Labials in some languages.
1939 E. Prokosch Compar. Germanic Gram. 72 The treatment of the labiovelars in Germanic is similar to that in Latin.
1968 N. Chomsky & M. Halle Sound Pattern Eng. 311 An interesting pattern arises with regard to the labiovelars. We may ask whether these are labials with extreme velarization or velars with extreme rounding.
1999 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 120 166 Cypriot also shows a sibilant reflex of the voiceless labiovelar, but only in the more limited environment of a following [i].
B. adj.
Of a speech sound: articulated with the back of the tongue against or approximated to the soft palate and the lips rounded.Also known as labial-velar.
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velar1876
dark1882
labiovelar1894
velarized1915
post-velar1934
velaric1934
1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. Index Labiovelar Gutt[urals].
1935 Amer. Speech 10 244/2 For a phonetically trained speaker of English, palatal [k], velar [k], and labiovelar [kw] are three distinct facts.
1964 E. J. A. Henderson in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 419 There is a similar pre-glottalized articulation of the labio-velar semi-vowel.
2008 J. Mielke Emergence Distinctive Features vi. 124 Labiovelar consonants are generally treated as though they possess properties of bilabial consonants as well as velar consonants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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