engaiolarlhesiamos
Syllables
en-ga-io-lar-lhes-i-a-mos
Pronunciation
/ẽ.ɡɐ.jɔ.ˈlaɾ.lɛʃ.ˈi.ɐ.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
en- + gaiol- + -ar-lhes-íamos
The word 'engaiolar-lhes-íamos' is a complex verb form syllabified as 'en-ga-io-lar-lhes-i-a-mos', with stress on 'lar'. It's formed from the verb 'engaiolar', the pronoun 'lhes', and the auxiliary 'íamos', expressing a conditional action of caging them.
Definitions
- 1
We would cage them.
We would cage them.
“Nós engaiolar-lhes-íamos as aves se tivéssemos mais gaiolas.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the 'lar' syllable, the penultimate syllable of the root verb 'engaiolar'.
Syllables
en — Open syllable, nasal vowel.. ga — Open syllable.. io — Closed syllable, diphthong.. lar — Closed syllable, stressed.. lhes — Closed syllable.. i — Open syllable.. a — Open syllable.. mos — Closed syllable.
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Consonant Cluster
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Pronoun Attachment
Attached pronouns are syllabified separately but retain original spelling.
Stress Rule
Stress generally falls on the penultimate syllable.
- Nasal vowel at the beginning of the word.
- Palatalization of /ɡ/ before /i/ is a phonetic feature, not affecting written syllabification.
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