What does a-schwa mean?

a-schwa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.86 in modern English

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The vowel [ɐ], which lies between [a] and [ə] (true schwa).

"Fact is that non-low vowels before /R/ are lowered or form falling diphthongs with an a-schwa, which apparently calls for a spreading analysis."
"Similar to German, the a'''-schwa plural suffix may combine with Umlaut, and Umlaut can also be the only plural marker (i.e. "combine with zero")."

a-schwas (plural)

schwa schwar schwi schwu

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