monophthongize
verb
mon·oph·thong·ize
ˈmä-nə(f)-ˌthȯŋ-ˌīz
monophthongized; monophthongizing
: to change into a monophthong : to reduce (a diphthong or triphthong) to a simple vowel sound
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