ejective

ejective
ejectively, adv.
/i jek"tiv/, adj.
1. serving to eject.
2. Phonet. (of a voiceless stop, affricate, or fricative) produced with air compressed above the closed glottis.
n.
3. Phonet. an ejective stop, affricate, or fricative.
[1650-60; EJECT + -IVE]

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