nazālums

== Latvian == === Etymology === From nazāls (“nasal”) +‎ -ums. === Pronunciation === === Noun === nazālums m (1st declension) (phonetics, phonology) nasality, nasalness (the quality of that which is nasal, which is accompanied by simultaneous airflow through the nose) balss nazālums ― the nasality of a voice patskaņa nazālums ― the nasality of a vowel slēdzeņa ŋ artikulācija vietas ziņā ir līdzīga līdzskaņu k, g artikulācijai, atšķirdamas tikai ar nazālumu ― with respect to the place of articulation, the occlusive ŋ is similar to the articulation of the consonants k, g, differing (from them) only with (= by, because of) nasalization ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== nāss, nāsenis nazāls, nazalizēt