gutturalness

Variant of guttural

guttural definition

gut·tural (gut′ər əl)

adjective

  1. of the throat
    1. loosely produced in the throat; harsh, rasping, etc.: said of sounds
    2. characterized by such sounds a guttural language
  3. articulated with the back of the tongue close to or touching the soft palate, as the (g) in gum; velar

Etymology: L guttur, throat < IE *gut-, *gutr, throat < base *gēu-, to curve > cod

noun

  1. a sound produced in this way
  2. a symbol representing such a sound

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