Monophthongize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel). transitive

    "Inherited -au- was monophthongized to -a- in Sardinian. These forms must therefore go back to […] *aCurri, with an elided consonant."

  2. 2
    To become a monophthong. intransitive

Example

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"Inherited -au- was monophthongized to -a- in Sardinian. These forms must therefore go back to […] *aCurri, with an elided consonant."

Etymology

From monophthong + -ize.

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