morphophonemic

adjective

mor·​pho·​phonemic

¦mȯ(r)(ˌ)fō+

: of or relating to a class of phonemes that belong to the same morpheme or to the relations among them and the conditions that determine their occurrences

a morphophonemic alteration of long vowel in open syllable and short vowel in closed syllable

—J. H. Greenberg

morphophonemically

"+

adverb

Word History

Etymology

morpho- (from morpheme) + phonemic

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