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- A hamiform diacritic ⟨◌̡⟩ formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay ⟨◌ʲ⟩.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