metafonía

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metafoˈnia/ [me.t̪a.foˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧fo‧ní‧a

Noun

metafonía f (plural metafoníes)

Map showing where the two types of metaphony of stressed "a" are present in Asturias

1. (linguistics) metaphony
2. (in Asturian specifically) a vocalic phenomenon that closes stressed vowels due to the influence of a final u or i to give emphasis to a word, present in most central Asturian dialects, closing differently depending on the dialect. Sometimes, this can give different meanings to a word, but this is usually not represented in standard writing.

   Yes un gochu ― You are dirty.

   Yes un guchu ― You are very dirty. (closing of stressed o → u)

   Isti pirru ye míu. ― This one dog (and no other) is mine. (closing of stressed e → i)

   Voi pa isi preu ― I'm going to this one field (this one!). (closing of stressed a → e)

Further reading

• “metafonía”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Spanish

Noun

metafonía f (plural metafonías)

1. metaphony

Further reading

• “metafonía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024