Iotated is a related term of iotize.
In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between iotated and iotize
is that iotated is (linguistics) undergoing iotation while iotize is (linguistics) to precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".
As an adjective iotated
is (linguistics) undergoing iotation.
As a verb iotize is
(linguistics) to precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".
iotated
English
Adjective
(-)
(linguistics) undergoing iotation iotize
English
(Iotation)
Alternative forms
* iotise
Verb
(transitive)
(linguistics) To precede a spoken vowel sound with a "y" sound, as the u in "pure" and "cute".
Synonyms
* iotate (attested 1939 iotated'', 1978 ''iotate )
Derived terms
* iotization
* iotized
Related terms
* iota
* iotated
* iotation
* jot
* jod, yod
* yodization, yotization
Usage notes
The verb form iotize/iotise is exceedingly rare, compared to the participle, noun and adjective forms.
The adjective iotified'' is used in the names of several Cyrillic letters in the Unicode standard. Although widely cited, it appears to be a nonce borrowing from Slavic, however, as the corresponding back-formations ''iotify'' and ''iotification are unattested.