Labial

Labial

(A) occurs because of narrowing of the lip or upper teeth and lower lip; includes the sounds of bilabial, labio velor, etc. (b) the sound that happens so; eg (p, b, i, m,) and so on.

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Pertaining to the lips.

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Toward the lips, a direction on the anterior teeth toward the outside.

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Relating to the lip; another name for the facial surface of anterior teeth (next to the lip).

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A reference to a sound which is formed at the lips; this encompasses both bilabials like /p, m/ and labio-dentals like /f, v/.

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