floating tone (suomeksi)

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(lb, en, phonology) A morpheme or element of a morpheme that contains no consonants or vowels, but only tone. It cannot be pronounced by itself, but affects the tones of neighbouring morphemes.
(lb, en, phonology) A phonemic tone which is not associated to a syllable and is therefore not pronounced, but may affect the articulation of neighboring tones, such as by causing downstep.