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ablaut

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1. n. The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Source: opted
2. n. a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) Source: wordnet
3. The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle. Source: webster
4. The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicatinga corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation;as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. Earle. Source: adambom
5. n. a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) Source: ecdict

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vowel sing song corresponding gat get got hang hung meaning modification permutation root substitution thus changed distinctions indicate indicating length linguistic quality sang sung

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