protoword

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Synonyms: protoform, protopod, proword, protoboard, protocorm

Antonyms: protoform, protopod, proword, protoboard, protocorm

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} An early [[wordlike]] [[utterance]] produced by an [[infant]] before it has [[acquired]] a true [[language]].
2. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A [[wordlike]] [[utterance]] [[produced]] by early people who had yet to develop full language [[capability]]; a word from a [[proto-language]].

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