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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, phonetics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel)..
Inherited -au- was monophthongized to -a- in Sardinian. These forms must therefore go back to […] *aCurri, with an elided consonant.
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Monophthongize means (transitive, phonetics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Inherited -au- was monophthongized to -a- in Sardinian. These forms must therefore go back to […] *aCurri, with an elided consonant.
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