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
Synonyms for "monophthongize"
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16 translations across 8 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- monoftongistaa verb (to change to a monophthong)
- monoftongiutua verb (to become monophthongal)
French
1 entries- monophtonguer verb (to change to a monophthong)
German
1 entries- monophthongieren verb (to change to a monophthong)
Italian
2 entries- monottongare verb (to change to a monophthong)
- monottongare verb (to become monophthongal)
Portuguese
2 entries- monotongar verb (to change to a monophthong)
- monotongar verb (to become monophthongal)
Romanian
4 entries- monoftonga verb (to change to a monophthong)
- monoftonga verb (to become monophthongal)
- monoftongiza verb (to change to a monophthong)
- monoftongiza verb (to become monophthongal)
Spanish
2 entries- monoptongar verb (to change to a monophthong)
- monoptongar verb (to become monophthongal)
Swedish
2 entries- monoftongera verb (to change to a monophthong)
- monoftongera verb (to become monophthongal)
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