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cacuminal

/kəˈkjuːmənəl/

Where it comes from

From oblique stem of Latin cacūmen, cacūminis (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al.

adjective more cacuminal · most cacuminal

Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
dated Pronounced using a concave or retroflexed tongue; occasionally palatal sounds more generally. 1942, George Leonard Trager, Studies in Linguistics, Volumes 1-7, page 52, /L/ and /N/, slightly more cacuminal than the alveolar series, are very rare, and occur only in word-final position.

noun cacuminals

dated A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.

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adj pertaining to a point, top, or crown

Русский	верхушечный verxušečnyj

adj phonetics

Русский	какуминальный kakuminalʹnyj, ретрофлексный retrofleksnyj

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@misc{cacuminal_2026,
  title = {cacuminal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cacuminal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}