Meanings
adjectiveunaspirated (comparative more unaspirated, superlative most unaspirated)
comparative more unaspirated · superlative most unaspirated
- human sciencesNot aspirated.
Phonetically, in Malay, initial /t/ and /p/ are never aspirated; only /p, b, t, d, k, g/ occur as final stops and are usually unreleased and unaspirated[.]
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishaspirated
- Englishunaspirated
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 不送氣 /不送气
- 不送氣 /不送气 (bùsòngqì)not aspirated
German unbehaucht, unaspiriert
- unbehauchtnot aspirated
- unaspiriertnot aspirated
Icelandic ófráblásinn
- ófráblásinnnot aspirated
Irish neamh-análaithe
- neamh-análaithenot aspirated
Japanese 無気
- 無気 (muki)not aspirated
Russian непридыха́тельный, неаспири́рованный
- непридыха́тельный (nepridyxátelʹnyj)not aspirated
- неаспири́рованный (neaspirírovannyj)not aspirated
Ukrainian непридиховий, неаспірований
- непридиховий (neprydyxovyj)not aspirated
- неаспірований (neaspirovanyj)not aspirated
Cite this entry
APA
unaspirated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaspirated
MLA
“unaspirated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaspirated. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaspirated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaspirated.
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