svarabhaktic

English

Etymology

From svarabhakti +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsvʌɹəˈbɑːktɪk/, /ˌswʌɹəˈbɑːktɪk/, /-bʌktɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsvɑɹəˈbɑktɪk/, /ˌswɑɹəˈbɑktɪk/

Adjective

svarabhaktic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to svarabhakti.
   • 1942 March 2, Joseph Sargent Hall, “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, section 13, page 106:

     Not previously mentioned is the svarabhaktic glide which in a few instances was present between r and another consonant.

   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:

     [Informant] also repeated ják̄iʃ. This ja is very uncertain − probably she said svarabhaktic e