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n. - A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language.

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  • However, I've not yet found another lexeme with this same u ~ au alternation.
  • The f in this lexeme is merely lenition of p neighbouring tautosyllabic u, particularly when the next syllable contains a front vowel.
  • Speaking of red, linguists have determined that if any world language has only one a lexeme for a color besides black and white, it is always red.
  • No one questions that the lexeme Nihon consistently means "Japan", not "of Japan" in itself, however and this is how we see it translated in all dictionaries.
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