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As a noun terms

is .

As an adjective yodless is

(phonetics) lacking a palatal approximant.

terms

English

Noun

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    * ----

    yodless

    English

    Alternative forms

    * yod-less

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (phonetics) Lacking a palatal approximant.
  • * 2002 , Tim Pooley, "The Depicardization of the Vernaculars of the Lille Conurbation", in Mari C. Jones et al. (eds.), Language Change , Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 3-11-017202-X, page 37:
    • In other contexts, yodless forms made the Roubaix-Tourcoing distinctive from their French and Lille equivalents .
  • * 2004 , Jan Tent & France Mugler, "Fiji English: Phonology", in Edgar W. Schneider et al. (eds.), A Handbook of Varieties of English , volume 1, Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 3-11-017532-0, page 776:
    • The younger the speaker is, the more yodless is the pronunciation, while the more educated the speaker is, the more yod is used (or retained) in this particular phonological environment.
  • * 2008 , László Kristó, "Slavonic", in Joaquim Brandão de Carvalho et al. (eds.), Lenition and Fortition , Mouton de Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-11-020608-1, page 312:
    • Hence yod not only does not strengthen word-initially; it also often disappears, yielding yod-ful and yodless variants in the daughter languages, sometimes even in the same language (cf. Cz už'' - ''juž ).