"upstep" meaning in English

See upstep in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: upsteps [plural]
Etymology: From up- + step. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|up-|step|text=+|tree=1}} From up- + step. Head templates: {{en-noun}} upstep (plural upsteps)
  1. An upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
    Sense id: en-upstep-en-noun-pDT3~gYy Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Linguistics Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Phonetics Disambiguation of Phonetics: 0 0

Verb

Forms: upsteps [present, singular, third-person], upstepping [participle, present], upstepped [participle, past], upstepped [past]
Etymology: From up- + step. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|up-|step|text=+|tree=1}} From up- + step. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} upstep (third-person singular simple present upsteps, present participle upstepping, simple past and past participle upstepped)
  1. To apply an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language. Related terms: downstep
    Sense id: en-upstep-en-verb-meNKsBo~ Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Linguistics Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Phonetics Disambiguation of Phonetics: 0 0

Inflected forms

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