deskriptiivisana
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]deskriptiivi + sana
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdeskriptiːʋiˌsɑnɑ/, [ˈde̞s̠.kripˌt̪iːʋiˌs̠ɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
- Hyphenation(key): desk‧rip‧tiivi‧sana
Noun
[edit]deskriptiivisana
- (linguistics) sound-symbolic word, descriptive word (word which uses phonetic elements descriptively, e.g. "scribble", "bubble", "lickety-split")