Aphesis

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In phonetics, Aphaeresis /əˈfɪəɹəsɪs/ (Greek apo away, hairein to take) is the loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word; especially, the loss of an unstressed vowel.

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In historical phonetics, the term "aphaeresis" is often but not always limited to the loss of an unstressed vowel. (The OED gives this particular kind of aphaeresis the name "aphesis" /ʼæfɪsɪs/.)

  • English [k]nife pronounced ['naɪf]
  • German [St]rand > Finnish ranta "beach"

  • Greek episkopos > Vulgar Latin [e]biscopu > English bishop
  • English [a]cute > cute
  • English [E]gyptian > Gyptian > Gypsy
  • English [a]mend > mend
  • English [e]scape + goat > scapegoat
  • Old French evaniss- > English vanish
  • English esquire > squire

  • English it is > poetic 'tis

  • Spanish está > Rioplatense Spanish [e]tá > ta ("is")
  • Japanese kowarete [i]ru > kowarete 'ru "it's broken"
  • Norwegian [automo]bil > bil "car"

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