Preaspiration

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  • noun. a period of voiceless breathing that precedes some consonants in some languages -- a sort of mirror-image of aspiration
  • Word Usage
    "If you want a nonsegmental feature interpretable as a cluster, one possibility that doesn't impose on the estabilish'd sound laws of Greek is preaspiration: /pajto/ pʰajʰto?"
    suggests