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Sibilant
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last updated December 3rd,
2001
and is permanently morphing...
(11 K'an (Corn) / 2 Mak - 12.19.8.14.4)

sibilant adj : produced
by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th'
(in both `thin'
and `then')) [syn:
fricative, spirant] n : a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like
s or sh) [syn:
sibilant consonant]
sibilant
in phonetics, a fricative
consonant sound, in which the tip, or blade, of the
tongue
is brought near the roof of the mouth and air is pushed past the
tongue to make a hissing sound. In English s, z, sh, and zh (the
sound of the s in "pleasure") are sibilants. Sometimes the affricates
ch and j are also considered as sibilants.
release _Proper Filth_