lengthenable

adj

lengthenable

adj

Etymology From lengthen + -able.

1

That may be lengthened.

  • If we consider the etymological sources of the two sets of vowels, the lengthenable and non-lengthenable[…]1974, John Mathieson Anderson, Charles Jones, Historical Linguistics: Theory and description in phonology, page 319:

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