放ほう出しゅつ音おん

noun

ejective consonant

Technical term in phonetics for a consonant produced with a glottalic egressive airstream mechanism, such as [pʼ], [tʼ], [kʼ].

• 放ほう出しゅつ音おんは、声せい門もんを閉とじて喉こう頭とうを上あげることで作つくられる子し音いんです。

  An ejective consonant is a consonant produced by closing the glottis and raising the larynx.