gutturalize

American

[guht-er-uh-lahyz] / ˈgʌt ər əˌlaɪz /

especially British, gutteralise

verb (used with object)

gutturalized, gutturalizing

to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
Phonetics. to change into, pronounce as, or supplement with a guttural or gutturalized sound.

verb (used without object)

gutturalized, gutturalizing

to speak gutturally.

gutturalize British

/ ˈɡʌtərəˌlaɪz /

verb

(tr) phonetics to change into a guttural speech sound or pronounce with guttural articulation or pharyngeal constriction
to speak or utter in harsh raucous tones

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Other Word Forms

gutturalization

noun

Etymology

Origin of gutturalize

First recorded in 1815–25; guttural + -ize

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gutturalizing

Kluge accepts gutturalizing of a palatal c before a consonant where this position is the result of syncopation of a palatal vowel.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

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