歯し茎けい側そく面めん接せっ近きん音おん

Meanings

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noun

alveolar lateral approximant; clear l

linguistics

Technical term in phonetics/linguistics for the sound [l] as in English 'light'.

英えい語ごの「light」の[l]は歯し茎けい側そく面めん接せっ近きん音おんです。
The [l] in English 'light' is an alveolar lateral approximant.

mask, face, features

接touch, contact, adjoin

近near, early, akin

音sound, noise

Similar words

歯し茎けい側そく面めん摩ま擦さつ音おん
Refers to a fricative lateral sound, unlike the approximant [l].
歯は茎ぐき側そく面めんはじき音おん
Refers to a lateral flap, as in some Japanese dialects, distinct from the approximant.

Etymology

Compound of 歯茎 (shikei, 'alveolar ridge'), 側面 (sokumen, 'lateral'), 接近 (sekkin, 'approximation'), and 音 (on, 'sound'), directly translating the English phonetic term.