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adj
Having two morae, i.e. being composed of either two short vowels, or one long vowel, or a diphthong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: dimoraic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English moraic English bimoraic From bi- + moraic.
Across languages
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