dentilabialize
verbEtymology From dentilabial + -ize.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc).
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- dentilabialization