morphophonemic

mor·pho·pho·ne·mic

[mawr-foh-fuh-nee-mik, -foh-nee-]
adjective Linguistics.
noting or pertaining to morphophonemics or morphophonemes.

Origin:
1940–45; morph(eme) + -o- + phonemic

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morphophonemics (ˌmɔːfəʊfəʊˈniːmɪks) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(functioning as singular) linguistics the study of the phonemic realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language
 
morphopho'nemic
 
adj

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