iotation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

/aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/ /aɪoʊˈteɪʃən/

iotation iotations jotation

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

yodization preiotation prejotation

iotated

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