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Meaning of tenuis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtɛnjuːɪs

Definitions

A tenuis consonant.

Equivalents

Deutsch Tenuis

Examples

“The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German.”
“Since the explosive was a tenuis before a consonant we have -p m- and -t n-; these combinations were mutated to mh and nh in the following examples, the voicelessness of the tenuis being retained after its assimilation”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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