phonosemantically

adverb

In a phonosemantic sense.

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Meanings

adverbphonosemantically (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a phonosemantic sense.
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    But this is not just a borrowed label: in the Semitic, Kartvelian and Indo-European forms, a native verbal root has been reduplicated to form a noun which characteristically does the action of the verb. That is, the construction of the word in one language has been repeated (and phonosemantically matched) in others.

    2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The Classical Quarterly, volume 75, number 1, page 15

Origin

From phonosemantic + -ally.

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phonosemantically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonosemantically

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Chicago

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