dentilabialize
Meanings
verb
- Of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc).
Word forms
Etymology
From dentilabial + -ize.
Related words
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