demorify

English

Etymology

de- +‎ mora +‎ -ify

Verb

demorify (third-person singular simple present demorifies, present participle demorifying, simple past and past participle demorified)

1. (phonology) To make nonmoraic; to remove a mora from something.
   • 2011, Mirco Ghini, Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola, page 134:

     If the moraic trochee is maintained, it is necessary to say that refooting applies once footing has demorified the lengthening coda consonants.

Related terms

• demorification

Anagrams

• remodify