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
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