Meaning of palatal hook | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small hook for attaching elastic bands on the internal side of braces fixed to the upper teeth.
2. = háček (when it takes the form of a prime)
   rare
3. A hamiform diacritic ⟨◌̡⟩ formerly used to mark consonantal palatalisation; superseded by the superscript jay ⟨◌ʲ⟩.
   pre-1989-IPA

Examples

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:palatal hook.”

“In the Zographensis one finds pьřěaxǫ (John 6:52). Here the liquid is marked with the palatal hook.”

“Kalnyn′ states […] that in the best manuscripts […] the instances of marking of palatal l and n in general exceeds those of failing to do so; moreover, the marking of non-palatal consonants with a palatal hook is rare.”

“In Czech, [the háček] is actually a variant of the palatal hook, which can take the form of caron or apostrophe.”

“l-caron/l-palatal hook”

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