Word Quest: Flamingo

Structured Word InquirY Hyperdoc

< flamingo >

1. Meaning?

Can you use the word flamingo in a sentence?

2. Relatives? )

Etymological Relatives?

Consult a Word Origin Reference or Etymology Online

Find the word origin and Etymology Online Latin flammula "small flame"

etymon:

Morphological Relatives?

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Searcher Or, put the latin etymon flammula into the search Box of ETYMONLINE, What words are in the <flamingo> family? flame, flames, flammable, inflame, inflammation

3. Built?

Can you box the base and circle the graphemes?

Can you tap-spell the word?

flamingo A word sum shows how a word is built. Hypothesize word sums and/or make a word matrix:

(Remember to spell out and say "is rewritten as" when you come to the rewrite arrow →.) flamingo → flamingo inflame -> in + flame flames -> flame/ + es inflammation → in + flamm + ate +ion

4. Pronunciation? ● -Text to IPA

How many sounds do you feel?

In a word, phonemes represent one or more sounds or phones. Phonemes have no meaning but are "meaning-makers." (Real Spelling, Toolbox 2, 1999-2022, https://tbox2.online) Phonemes are represented by graphemes. A grapheme can be a single letter or a string of letters. toPhonetics will show you the word represented in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) representation.

In <flamingo>, which has 8 graphemes representing 8 phonemes, it might be informative to contrast the pronunciation of the lax vowel <a> and the tense vowel <o>. Is the <i> in <flamingo> a lax or tense vowel>?