English Explanatory Dictionary

akanye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).

Word forms

akanye akanje

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian а (a) Proto-Slavic *-kati Russian -кать (-katʹ) Russian а́кать (ákatʹ) Russian -анье (-anʹje) Russian а́канье (ákanʹje)bor. English akanye Borrowed from Russian а́канье (ákanʹje).

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