Meanings
- not comparableuncommonhuman sciencesHaving two morae.
The analyses indicate that MHE vowel durations correspond to NE durations for the dimoraic (long) vowels, but correspond to the Spanish‐accented vowels of L2E for the monomoraic (short) vowels.
2009, K Konopka, “Vowel duration in Mexican heritage English”, in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, volume 125, page 27572 more examples
This is amply demonstrated through the application of tone rules such as Final High Tone Retraction, which deletes a high tone on the final vowel of a word and reassociates it with the second mora of a dimoraic (long) penultimate syllable.
1997, AD Mtenje, “The Phonology and Morphology of Kimatuumbi”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 39, number 1, page 170The root is then associated with an H, regardless of its original tonal specification, and this H is realized as a high tone over monomoraic syllables and as a falling tone over dimoraic syllables.
2018, I Monich, “Distribution of falling tones in Mabaan”, in From Sounds to Structures: Beyond the Veil of MayaSynonyms: bimoraic
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adjectiveHaving two morae.
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