anaphonesis

/AE1 N AE1 F OW1 N AH0 S AH0 S/
noun
  1. 1

    (phonology) The raising of /e/, /o/ to /i/, /u/ before certain consonantal environments, mainly [ŋ] and /ʎ/, occurring originally in some Tuscan dialects, and thus in Standard Italian.

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