debuccalize

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈbʌ.kə.laɪz/

Verb

debuccalize (third-person singular simple present debuccalizes, present participle debuccalizing, simple past and past participle debuccalized)

1. To undergo debuccalization.
   • 2002, Paul D. Fallon, The synchronic and diachronic phonology of ejectives, page 126:

     I should point out that the tendency for stops to debuccalize to glottal stop and fricatives to glottal fricative does not always hold.