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epentético (epentética)

epenthetic

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This is sometimes called a ", or stolen" (more formally, furtive), since the sound steals an imaginary epenthetic consonant to make the extra syllable. en.wikipedia.org

Clusters at the ends of words often have an epenthetic vowel inserted, which is usually /a/ but can also be either /i/ or //. en.wikipedia.org

When adding an affix would result in two identical vowels side by side, an epenthetic /h/ is inserted to prevent the forbidden sequence. en.wikipedia.org

The gerund deserves a special mention, as not only is the doubling pronoun placed "after" the verb, but the verb itself receives an epenthetic u. en.wikipedia.org

Schwas occur in pre-tonic syllables, but may be epenthetic. en.wikipedia.org

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