svarabhaktic
adjUK /ˌsvʌɹəˈbɑːktɪk/ · US /ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑktɪk/
Etymology From svarabhakti + -ic.
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Of or relating to svarabhakti.
- Not previously mentioned is the svarabhaktic glide which in a few instances was present between r and another consonant.1942 March 2, Joseph Sargent Hall, “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, section 13, page 106:
- [Informant] also repeated ják̄iʃ. This ja is very uncertain − probably she said svarabhaktic e1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes: