Word evolution game

[Man in Space]

dhùzè
[njuˈzḛj]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Back vowels acquire an onglide when the next syllable starts with an alveolar consonant

[Lērisama]

dhùzè
[njuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Verschärfung

[Man in Space]

dhùzè
[ljuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

*n > l / _V

[Travis B.]

dhùzè
[ʎuˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

lj > ʎ

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

dhùzè
[ʎyˈzḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

vowels front before palatals.

[Man in Space]

dhùzè
[ʎyˈrḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

Intervocalic lenition

ʎy

Phonological yin-yang

[Travis B.]

dhùzè
[ʎyˈʁḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

r > ʁ

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

dhùzè
[ʎyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific head of state; authoritarian policies; (pejorative, archaic) Big Brother-esque authority’

dorsals front before front vowels.

[Starbeam]

lyùrèg
[ʎyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

semantic shift

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

lyùrèg
[jyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

delateralization.

semantic shift

I should note that things like semantic shifts and spelling reforms are the equivalent of flavor text; feel free to make those sorts of changes along with phonological changes.

[Man in Space]

lyùrèg
[jyˈɣḛs]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

*k > s / E_#

[Travis B.]

lyùrèg
[ʝyˈɣḛk]
‘moniker for a specific state government model; (colloquial) authoritarian or demanding policies'

Frication of palatal glides.

[Man in Space]

lyùrèg
[ʝɣḛk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Deletion of unstressed pretonic vowels.

[Travis B.]

lyùrèg
[ʝɣeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Creaky voice turning into (pre)glottalization.

[Man in Space]

lyùrèg
[ʝeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Tonguederdome: Two dorsals enter, one dorsal leaves

[Travis B.]

lyùrèg
[ɟʝeʔk]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Affrication of palatal fricatives.

[Man in Space]

lyùrèg
[ɟʝeʔc]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Dorsal harmony

[Travis B.]

lyùrèg
[ˈɟʝeʔec]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Epenthesis of an echo vowel.

[Man in Space]

lyùrèg
[ˈɟʝecec]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

Echo assimilation of the glottal stop

[foxcatdog]

jjecec
[ˈɟʝɯcɯc]
‘austerity; (chiefly historical) moniker for a specific state government model'

*e > *ɯ