cacuminal

Etymology
From (the stem of the  +.

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
 * 2)  Pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.
 * 3) * 1942, George Leonard Trager, Studies in Linguistics, Volumes 1-7, |most+cacuminal%22&dq=%22more|most+cacuminal%22&hl=en&ei=pSiAToXfOdChiAf845HKDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg page 52,
 * /L/ and /n/, slightly more cacuminal than the alveolar series, are very rare, and occur only in word-final position.
 * 1) * 1992, Anatoly Liberman, Vowel lengthening before resonant + another consonant and svarabhakti in Germanic, Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr, Robert L. Kyes (editors), On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods, Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs 68, page 190,
 * It is a trill, because the choice can be only between a cacuminal trill or a cacuminal lateral, but cacuminal l already exists in the system.
 * It is a trill, because the choice can be only between a cacuminal trill or a cacuminal lateral, but cacuminal l already exists in the system.

Translations

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 * Russian: ,

Noun

 * 1)  A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.

Usage notes
Some linguistic sources distinguish cacuminal, where the tip of the tongue touches the roof of the mouth, from retroflex, where the underside of the tongue touches the roof of the mouth.