palatal hook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.
  2. = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)
  3. A hamiform diacritic ⟨◌̡⟩ formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay ⟨◌ʲ⟩.

Word forms

palatal hook palatal hooks
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