đinhthongal, dipthongal

[Eng. diph thong; -al.] Pertaining to or of the nature of a diphthong; consisting of two vowel sounds in one syllable. "In the same manner the English alphabetical sound of the a, as in gate, is replaced by another diphthongal one."-Prince L. Bonaparte , in Trans . Philological Society (1876), p. 575. diph-thon-gal-lỹ, dip-thon-gal-ly, adverb. [Eng. diphthongal; -ly.] In a diphthongal manner; as a diphthong. IMG:content-2561.png:[blocks in formation]