Definition of "ejective" [ejective]

• A nonpulmonic consonant formed by squeezing air trapped between the glottis and an articulator further forward, and releasing it suddenly. (noun)

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• "If so, however, we might begin to wonder whether any expression other than the entirely undirected curse or ejective is actually functionally distinct from the implicit manipulation it goes hand-in-hand with."
• "If we use the Etruscan-Lemnian system as a model, we get the following: There is no distinction between voiced and voiceless consonants (the former are essentially absent), but we have a second, 'ejective' series of consonants (ph, th, sh, etc.)"
• "There is no distinction between voiced and voiceless consonants ..., but we have a second, 'ejective' series of consonants ph, th, sh, etc."