Dictionary entry

Velar

Pronunciation: /ˈviːlə/

Pronunciation

/ˈviːlə/

Myanmar Meaning

(phonetics) အာခေါင်ပျော့သံ။

Definition

velar / 'vi:lǝ(r) / n, adj ( phonetics ) အာေခါင္ေပ်ာ့သံ။

Examples

  1. ‘The species are characterized by distinct velar dimorphism and high abundance in several localities.’
  2. ‘It is possible that the Texas specimens are also instars and have not developed the velar frill of mature specimens.’
  3. ‘Although it is apparently unknown in chondrosteans
  4. it is believed to be homologous to lamprey velar muscles.’
  5. ‘Both species display an association of velar and size dimorphism in the three last instars.’
  6. ‘Modern phoneticians would more precisely categorize such consonants into velar
  7. uvular
  8. pharyngeal
  9. and glottal articulations.’
  10. ‘In some parts of the country vocabulary loss continues unabated
  11. and many children struggle to pronounce the velar fricative ‘ch’ in ‘loch’ or the ‘wh’ in ‘wheesht’.’
  12. ‘The back of the tongue lies opposite the soft palate or velum when the tongue is in a state of rest
  13. and sounds made with the back include velar consonants and back vowels.’
  14. ‘His spelling of tree and leg shows that the Proto-Athabaskan velars had not yet become palatal affricates
  15. as they soon thereafter did.’
  16. ‘Similarly
  17. the voiceless velar or palatal fricative of OE (as in German ach and ich) continued in use for most of the period in England and continues to the present day in Scots.’
  18. ‘English doesn't have a general alternation between final velar and coronal nasals: boomerang does not become boomeran ’
  19. and ring does not become rin’.’