唇しん音おん化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

labialization

Linguistics term for a secondary articulation involving lip rounding. Often used with する to describe the process.

See also: 円唇化

• この方ほう言げんでは、特とく定ていの子し音いんが唇しん音おん化かする。

  In this dialect, certain consonants undergo labialization.

• 唇しん音おん化かは調ちょう音おん音おん声せい学がくの重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんだ。

  Labialization is an important concept in articulatory phonetics.