ingressive

Meanings

Adjective

  • Going or directed inward, entering.
  • Open to entry or examination.
  • Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
  • Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
  • Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.

Noun

  • A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.

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