gheada

== English == === Etymology === From Galician gheada. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heɪˈɑːdə/, /xeɪ-/, /ɡeɪ-/ === Noun === gheada (uncountable) (phonetics) the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language. 1990, Berkeley Linguistics Society, Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, Berkeley Linguistics Society, v.16, page 6: This variety is a non-standard phonological register characterized by gheada [heáða], that is, the fricativization and devoicing of the voiced velar stop: /ɡ/ -> [ɣ] (other variants are [x], [h]; for a review of the phenomenon see for example Alvarez Cáccamo 1989b:261-65). == Galician == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ada Hyphenation: ghe‧a‧da === Noun === gheada f (plural gheadas) (linguistics, phonetics) gheada ==== Descendants ==== → English: gheada === Further reading === “gheada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xeˈada/ [xeˈa.ð̞a] Rhymes: -ada === Noun === gheada f (plural gheadas) gheada