obstruent
/ˈɒbstɹuːənt/
noun 2adj 1
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1OBSTRUENT + NOUN
medicine, retroflex
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adj
1
Causing obstruction; blocking up.
an obstruent medicine
noun
1
A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.
Lehmann (1998:77) and Steever (1998: 14, 16) considered āytam an allophone of Tamil /y/ before obstruents, but there is no real evidence for this assumption.
2
Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.
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an obstruent medicine
Wiktionary02
Lehmann (1998:77) and Steever (1998: 14, 16) considered āytam an allophone of Tamil /y/ before obstruents, but there is no real evidence for this assumption.
Wiktionary03
That obstruent is not retroflex, as the bottom of the tongue does not touch the palate.
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