[w] refers to a labial–velar approximant. In phonology, labialization may also refer to a type of assimilation process. Labialization is the most widespread...

not have any actual labialization. All of these languages have seen labials introduced under the influence of English. Labialization Index of phonetics...

Look up labial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term labial originates from Labium (Latin for "lip"), and is the adjective that describes anything...

labialized voiceless velar plosive [kʷ] and labialized voiced velar plosive [ɡʷ], obstruents being common among the sounds that undergo labialization...

palatalized consonants plus labialization, ⟨ʷ⟩, as with the [sʲʷ] = [sᶣ] of Abkhaz or the [nʲʷ] = [nᶣ] of Akan. A voiced labialized palatal approximant [ɥ]...

The voiced labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages, including English. It is the sound denoted by the...

as is its overlap with rhotacism; see § R-labialization below) In most British dialects /r/ is labialized [ɹ̠ʷ] in many positions, as in reed [ɹ̠ʷiːd]...

the 'less rounded' diacritic under the labialization diacritic, ⟨xʷ̜⟩, makes it clear that it is the labialization that is 'less rounded' than its cardinal...

consonantal labialization. Thus, rounded vowels and labialized consonants affect one another by phonetic assimilation: Rounded vowels labialize consonants...

distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, an old diacritic for labialization, ⟨  ̫⟩, will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for the protruded palatal...

are known for their lack of plain labial consonant and have instead two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related New Caledonian...

The labial scales are the scales of snakes and other scaled reptiles that border the mouth opening. These do not include the median scales on the upper...

Labial–retroflex consonants are doubly articulated consonants that are co-articulated at the lips and with the front part or underside of the tongue against...

worn inserted through pierced labia, the weight can result in labial asymmetry or labial hypertrophy. Body piercing Labia stretching Popular Culture Association...

variable degree. The labia majora are thicker in front, and form the anterior labial commissure where they meet below the mons pubis. Posteriorly, they are not...

The labial thermistor clip is a device used measure the skin temperature of the labia minora and is associated blood engorgement. This device consists...

Labial fusion is a medical condition of the vulva where the labia minora become fused together. It is generally a pediatric condition. Labial fusion is...

The labial glands are minor salivary glands situated between the mucous membrane and the orbicularis oris around the orifice of the mouth. They are circular...

W indicates either simultaneous velarization and labialization, as in ⟨sʷ⟩ or ⟨pʷ⟩, or labialization of a velar consonant, as in ⟨kʷ⟩. Although electropalatographic...

A labial fricative is a fricative consonant, whose articulation involves the lips. Several kinds can be distinguished based on whether the articulation...

from labialization of other places of articulation. Starostin (2003) notes that the ǂ’Amkoe words for 'one' and 'two', /ʘ̃ũ/ and /ʘoa/, have labial clicks...

distinction disappears with the approximant consonant [w] since labialization involves adding of a labial approximant articulation to a sound, and this ambiguous...

§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips. Bilabial consonants are very common...

The extinct language Volow had a prenasalised labial-velar stop with labialization [ᵑ͡ᵐɡ͡bʷ]. Bilabial clicks are stops that involve closure at both the...

LME [labia minora elongation]. At the same time, there is evidence that labial elongation may benefit the sexual health and well-being of women. The opposite...

possible for labialization to simply disappear, even if any other modification of the consonant caused as a side-effect of labialization remains. One...

posterior labial nerves are superficial branches of the perineal nerve, which in itself is a branch of the pudendal nerve. The posterior labial nerves innervate...

upper-labials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the upper jaw. They do not include the median scale (rostral scale). The term labial originates...

In reptiles, the sublabial scales, also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They...

A labial frenectomy is a frenectomy performed on the lip. The labial frenulum, also known as lip-tie, often attaches to the center of the upper lip and...