intervocalic
adjUK /ˌɪntəvəʊˈkælɪk/ · US /ˌɪntəɹvoʊˈkælɪk/
Etymology From inter- + vocalic.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Existing or occurring between vowels.
- Coordinate term: interconsonantal
- For the ending -au, we need to assume the loss of an original intervocalic consonant, as Lat. -au- regularly yields -a- in Sardinian.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 341:
- Derived terms
- intervocalically
- Related terms
- postvocalic, prevocalic, excrescence