Definition of Gemination. Meaning of Gemination. Synonyms of Gemination

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Definition of Gemination

Gemination
Gemination Gem`i*na"tion, n. [L. geminatio.] A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] --Boyle.

Meaning of Gemination from wikipedia

- In phonetics and phonology, gemination (/ˌdʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən/ ; from Latin geminatio 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an...
- Tooth gemination [also known as schizodontia, twinning, or double teeth] occurs when a single tooth germ splits during development. Splitting of the tooth...
- lengthening (gemination) of the initial consonant in certain contexts. It may also be called word-initial gemination or phonosyntactic consonantal gemination. In...
- West Germanic gemination was a sound change that took place in all West Germanic languages around the 3rd or 4th century AD. It affected consonants directly...
- mid-high sounds). Italian has contrast between short and long consonants and gemination (doubling) of consonants. The Italian language has developed through a...
- brackets. Gemination, the doubling of a consonantal sound, is meaningful in Tigrinya, i.e. it affects the meaning of words. While gemination plays an important...
- RTGS: bai-set. Gemination occurs for various purposes and in various forms in Kelatan-Pattani Malay. At the phonemic level, these geminations are transcribed...
- words: Gemination of h: When an h is made geminate, it becomes Qp [pp]—for example, oQ- (intensifier) + hesowa "to push" → oQpesowa "to push." Gemination of...
- in the same prosodic unit. There are two types of triggers of initial gemination: some unstressed particles, prepositions, and other monosyllabic words...
- Lao is a Tai language spoken by 7 million people in Laos and 23 million people in northeast Thailand. After the conclusion of the Franco-Siamese conflict...