northnorthwestwards
Syllables
north-north-west-wards
Pronunciation
/nɔːθ nɔːθˈwestwədz/
Stress
0 1 0 1
Morphemes
north, north, west + wards
The adverb 'north-northwestwards' is syllabified as north-north-west-wards, with stress on 'west'. It's formed from directional roots and the '-wards' suffix, following standard English syllabification rules.
Definitions
- 1
In or towards the northwest direction.
“The wind was blowing from the north-northwestwards.”
“They travelled north-northwestwards across the plains.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('west'). The first 'north' and 'wards' are unstressed.
Syllables
north — Open syllable, containing a long vowel and a consonant.. north — Open syllable, containing a long vowel and a consonant.. west — Open syllable, containing a vowel and a consonant.. wards — Syllable beginning with a schwa, functioning as a suffix.
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Onset Maximization
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Vowel-Consonant Division
Vowels followed by consonants typically form syllable boundaries.
Suffix Syllabification
Suffixes like '-wards' are generally treated as separate syllables.
- Regional variations in pronunciation (rhoticity) could affect phonetic transcription but not syllabification.
- The compound nature of the word requires careful consideration of morpheme boundaries.
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