Meaning of ingressive | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Going or directed inward, entering.
2. Open to entry or examination.
3. Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
4. Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
5. Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.

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Examples

“The chances that your Internet activity is being monitored are low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern Internet environment.”

“Another feature of Icelandic pronunciation that many learners remark on is that sometimes words, and even larger parts of sentences, are pronounced while inhaling (a phenomenon known as pulmonic ingressive pronunciation).”

“This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave.”

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