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/u/
Spelling: u
under "under"
sumor "summer"
High, back, tense rounded short vowel. The vowel of PDE put.
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ME /o/
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/u/ Spelling: u under "under" High, back, tense rounded short vowel. The vowel of PDE put. SOUND
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| Germanic */u/ |
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/U/ |
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| Lengthening
before consonants |
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/u/ ME /o/ |
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| Umlaut
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OE
/y/ |
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| Lengthening in
open syllables |
ME
/o/ |