kuneate, and the letter it should start with
hard-cThe c of cuneate is hard because a u follows it. Same rule, same result, as in cut and cold.
heard askuneate
spelledcuneate
saidKYOO-nee-ayt
cuneate begins with c.
A c before u is always hard in English, so c and k sound identical here and only one of them is right. The word arrives from cuneus with its Latin c intact, and the same c is still visible in cuneiform.
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