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Metathesize

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Verb
  1. 1
    To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.

    "Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position."

Etymology

From metathesis + -ize.

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