释义 |
dentalize, v.|ˈdɛntəlaɪz| [f. dental + -ize.] trans. To make dental, change into a dental sound. Hence dentaliˈzation.
1861F. Hall in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 336 The element śrí..was probably lengthened and dentalized. 1875― in N.Y. Nation XX. 116/2 The letters d, n, and t, where lingual, were, we surmise, first dentalized. 1876T. Le M. Douse Grimm's L. §55. 135 Cases of dentalization. |