boukólos rule (English, noun)
expansion: the boukólos rule
Senses:
glosses: A rule of the Proto-Indo-European reconstructed language that states that a labiovelar stop (*kʷ, *gʷ, *gʷʰ) dissimilates to an ordinary velar stop (*k, *g, *gʰ) next to the vowel *u or its corresponding glide *w.
tags: Indo-European-studies
Forms:
form: the boukólos rule
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