alveolar, alveolate · alveolar (articulated with the tongue against the upper alveolar ridge)
çekim: çoğul alveolari
köken: From alveolo (“alveolus”) + -are (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin alveolus (“small cavity”), derived from alveus (“hollow, cavity”), from alvus (“belly, womb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).