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In natural English speech, "uvula" appears in contexts such as: "koh, koh, koh. It's like k but further back in the mouth. The back of your tongue touches the uvula and produces a sound that's not keh but koh. It's why we spell the name of this country with a Q.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈju.vjəl.ə/

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koh, koh, koh. It's like k but further back in the mouth.

The back of your tongue touches the uvula and produces a sound that's not keh but koh.

It's why we spell the name of this country with a Q.

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Definitions of “uvula”

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noun

Ellipsis of palatine uvula, the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing.

Synonyms:staphyle

noun

the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate

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