Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position.
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Metathesize
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The significance of noticing the existence of this adjective tharf by the side of the metathesized form thraf is of course apparent
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If the first of two identical consonants in sequence is postconsonantal and the second intervocalic, metathesize the first with the following vowel (geminate roots only).
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