-jômbêlj

Laefevian

Etymology

From jômbe (“sound”) + -êlj (noun-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-jɔmbɛʎ/ [-i̯ɔmbɛʎ̥]
  • Hyphenation: jôm·bêlj

Suffix

-jômbêlj (nominal, consonant stem)

  1. (linguistics, phonetics) Type of sound; -phone, -phthong.
    añgus (“self, own”) → añgijômbêlj (“vowel”)
    mae- (“co-”) → maejômbêlj (“consonant”)
    tal (“half”) → tal·jômbêlj (“schwa”)
    sai- (“mono-”) → saijômbêlj (“monophthong”)
    vrei- (“di-”) → vreijômbêlj (“diphthong”)
    uþi- (“allo-”) → uþijômbêlj (“allophone”)
  2. (by extension) Other words related to phonology or pronunciation; -phone.
    sati- (“homo-”) → satijômbêlj (“homophone”)

Declension

Derived terms

▶ Laefevian terms suffixed with -jômbêlj

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