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retroflexion
retroflexion (riːtrəʊ-, rɛtrəʊˈflɛkʃən) [ad. mod.L. retroflexio. So F. rétroflexion, Sp. retroflexion.] 1. The fact or state of being turned back or retorted. Chiefly Path., retroversion.1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 541/1 The stratified limestones of these localities are bent into such extraordinary ret...
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Approximant
Actual retroflexion may occur as well and both occur as variations of the same sound. However, makes a distinction between the vowels of American English (which he calls "rhotacized") and vowels with "retroflexion" such as those that appear
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retroflexed
retroflexed, a. [f. as retroflex a. + -ed1.] 1. Bot. Bending or bent backwards, or backwards and forwards, retroflex; also Path. (cf. retroflexion).1806 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 83 Cor. retroflexed: L. cordate, angular, denticulate. 1872 Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 61 Frequently the uterus, being also carri...
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Iniencephaly
rare type of cephalic disorder characterised by three common characteristics: a defect to the occipital bone, spina bifida of the cervical vertebrae and retroflexion This causes extreme retroflexion, or backward bending, of the head in a "star-gazing" fashion.
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𝼛
It is used for prosodic/allophonic retroflexion in descriptions of the Australian Aboriginal language Iwaidja.
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ݙ
It is derived from dāl (د), with a small ṭāʼ (ط) above to represent retroflexion (as in Urdu), and two dots below to represent implosion (as in Sindhi)
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inio-
inio- (ˈɪnɪəʊ) also before a vowel ini-, combining form of Gr. ἰνίον occipital bone, occiput, and of inion1, used in a few medical terms, as ˌinienˈcephalus [Gr. ἐγκέϕαλος brain] = next; also, a monster exhibiting iniencephaly; ˌinienˈcephaly, an abnormality in which part of the brain protrudes thro...
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Substratum in Vedic Sanskrit
However Tikkanen states that "in view of the strictly areal implications of retroflexion and the occurrence of retroflexes in many early loanwords, it is hardly likely that Indo-Aryan retroflexion arose in a region that did not have a substratum with retroflexes."
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Palatal hook
It is a small, leftwards-facing hook joined to the bottom-right side of a letter, and is distinguished from various other hooks indicating retroflexion
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古隆语
Rhotacization and retroflexion. Bulletin of the Society of Oriental and African Studies 111-19.
Viktor S.Doherty. (1974).
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Ludwig Julius Caspar Mende
At Göttingen, he was involved in scientific research of OB/GYN issues that included uterine retroflexion, genital prolapse, cervical cancer and postpartum
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儿化
【儿化】érhuà[suffixation of a nonsyllabic r to nouns and sometimes verbs,causing a retroflexion of the preceding vowel,typical of the pronunciation of standard Chinese and of some dialects] 普通话和某些方言中的一种语音现象。后缀“儿”字不自成音节,而和前头的音节合在一起,使前一音节的韵母成为卷舌韵母
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原始仡央语
Retroflexion or lenition?: Kra-Dai 'eye' .
Miyake, Marc(三宅 英雄). 2013.
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X-SAMPA
Except for ~ for nasalization, = for syllabicity, and ` for retroflexion and rhotacization, diacritics are joined to the character with the underscore
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Badaga language
Note on transcription: rhoticity indicates half-retroflexion; doubled it indicates full retroflexion.
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