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labial

Pronunciation: [le.bi.jəl]

“labial” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.

noun

  1. A labial consonant.

Etymology

From English labial, from Medieval Latin labiālis (“of or pertaining to the lips”), from labium (“a lip”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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