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akanye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
akanye
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Russian а (a) Proto-Slavic *-kati Russian -кать (-katʹ) Russian а́кать (ákatʹ) Russian -анье (-anʹje) Russian а́канье (ákanʹje)bor. English akanye Borrowed from Russian а́канье (ákanʹje).

Usage

Inflected Forms

akanje (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

okanye

Questions

What does akanye mean?
A case of vowel reduction in Slavic languages; the merger of pretonic non-high vowel phonemes (/o/, /e/ and /a/).
Where does akanye come from?
Etymology tree Russian а (a) Proto-Slavic *-kati Russian -кать (-katʹ) Russian а́кать (ákatʹ) Russian -анье (-anʹje) Russian а́канье (ákanʹje)bor. English akanye Borrowed from Russian а́канье (ákanʹje).

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