preˈnasalize, v. Linguistics.
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To pronounce (a consonant) with initial nasalization. Chiefly as pa. pple. or ppl. adj. Hence prenasaliˈzation.
| 1956 Jakobson & Halle Fund. of Lang. iv. 43 Such relatively rare phonemes as the discontinuous nasals (the so-called prenasalized stops). 1961 Webster, Prenasalization. 1973 J. M. Anderson Struct. Aspects Lang. Change 119 Some consonants..may become aspirated, pre-aspirated, glottalized, prenasalized, [etc.] 1976 Language LII. 331 Another class of segment is much more common..: this is the type generally described as ‘prenasalized stops’. 1977 Ibid. LIII. 317 Prenasalization of these consonants, while common, is limited in the following ways: except in sentence-initial position, b d are either preglottalized or prenasalized, and the processes occur in complementary distribution. |