vowelhood

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noun

The property of being a vowel.

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Meanings

nounvowelhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe property of being a vowel.

    However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories.

    1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159

Origin

From vowel + -hood.

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Chicago

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