labiovelar in English
adjective
1
(of a sound) made with the lips and soft palate, for example w.
In the Ionic of Homer's time, as well as in all other classical dialects, the labiovelar stops had developed into labials, dentals or velars.
noun
1
a labiovelar sound.
A third series is well attested, the labiovelars , which combine the velar with a labial element (represented by the superscripted w).
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