cacumen

  • 131keu-2, keu̯ǝ- —     keu 2, keu̯ǝ     English meaning: to bend     Deutsche Übersetzung: often with labialen or gutturalen extensions: “biegen” in verschiedenen Sonderungen as “in joint biegen, Gelenk, sich bũcken, sich drehen”; “Einbiegung, Einwölbung,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 132cacuminal — [kə kyo͞o′mə nəl] adj. [< L cacumen (gen. cacuminis), top (< redupl. of IE base * keu : see HIGH) + AL] Phonet. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned backward and upward against or toward the hard palate n. a cacuminal sound …

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