Definition of gutturonasal
: both velar and nasal
—used of the sound \ŋ\
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Origin and Etymology of gutturonasal
gutturo- (from 1guttural) + nasal
Definition of gutturonasal
plural -s
: a gutturonasal sound : the sound \ŋ\
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