Meaning of tenuis | Babel Free
/ˈtɛnjuːɪs/Definitions
A tenuis consonant.
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
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.