See Also: toneme(dictionary)

marigot (iou) and toneme (iou)


marigot (iou)



marigot noun. Pl. pronounced same. M18.
[French.]
In W. Africa, a side channel of a river.

toneme (iou)



toneme noun. E20.
[from TONE noun: see -EME.]
Linguistics. A tone or set of tones functioning as a distinctive phoneme in a language.
to'nemic adjective of or pertaining to a toneme or tonemes E20.
to'nemically adverb with regard to or in terms of tonemes E20.