nāsenis

Latvian

Etymology

Coined in the 1920s, from nāss (nostril) + -enis.[1]

Noun

nāsenis m (2nd declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) nasal consonant (a consonant articulated simultaneously with nasal airflow; e.g., m, n)
    sanskrita nāsenis ñ ir pielāgojošs alofons līdzskanim nthe Sanskrit nasal consonant ñ is an assimilating allophone of the consonant n

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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