ñe'ẽpukuaaty

Guaraní

Etymology

Compound noun from Guaraní ñe'ẽpu (“phoneme”) +‎ -kuaaty (“-logy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲɛʔɛ̃pukwaaˈtɨ/

Noun

ñe'ẽpukuaaty (plural ñe'ẽpukuaatykuéra)

1. (linguistics) phonetics

   Umi ñe'ẽkuaatyharakuéra oñemohu'ãva ñe'ẽpukuaatýpe oñembohéra ñe'ẽpukuaatyhára.

   Linguists who graduate in phonetics are called phoneticians.

   • 2007 December 14, David Abdón Galeano Olivera, Ñe'ẽkuaaty ha Ñe'ẽtekuaa:

     Ko ñe'ẽkuaatyhára no'õ heñói 1926, ha, hembiapo iporãvéva apytépe, jajuhukuaa ñe'ẽpukuaaty ñemohesakã ha ñemotenonde.

     This society of phonology was founded in 1926, and, among their finest works, we find the explanation and development of phonetics.