Word evolution game

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Intervocalic *v lost before back vowels

[cɐ.u.cɐ]
chavúcha
(v.) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (by extension) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now literary) "weather, erode, wear down"
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[c] > [ʃ]

[ʃɐ.u.ʃɐ]
chaucha
(v.) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (by extension) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now literary) "weather, erode, wear down"
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Terminal reduced vowels > i

[ʃɐ.u.ʃi]
chaucha
(v.) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (now ironic) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (literary) "weather, erode, wear down"
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[au] collapses to [oː]

[ʃoːʃi]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now common as an extension of the above sense) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (old-fashioned) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (literary) "weather, erode, wear down"
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*ʃ fortites initially
[tʃoːʃi]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now common as an extension of the above sense) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (old-fashioned) "age, decline with age"
(v.) (literary) "weather, erode, wear down"
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Ubykhization

[tʃʷəːʃɨ]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now a self-demonstrating example) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"
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Vowel assimilation:

[tʃʷɨːʃɨ]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now a self-demonstrating example) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"
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Vowel assimilation to consonants.

[tʃʷyːʃɨ]
shôshi
(v.) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad, overripen"
(v.) (now a self-demonstrating example) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (by extension) (slang) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch"
(v.) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Alveopalatals become full palatals (with labialisation assimilating) before front vowels, retroflexes elsewhere

[cɕᶣyːʂɨ]
chûszi

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (now dated) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad"
(v.) (now dated) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (now dated) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch
(v.) (now dated) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"
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*ʂ voices between vowels

[cɕᶣyːʐɨ]
chûszi

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (now dated) "expire, spoil, go flat, go bad"
(v.) (now dated) "become dated, fade from popularity"
(v.) (now dated) "be cringey, be embarrassingly out of touch
(v.) (now dated) (pejorative) "age, decline with age"
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Rhotacism:

[cɕᶣyːɻɨ]
chûszi

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (pejorative) "kill, off"
(v.) (pejorative) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
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Backing of rhotics.

[cɕᶣyːʁɨ]
chûri

(v.) (pejorative) "die"
(v.) (pejorative) "kill, off"
(v.) (pejorative) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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[yː] > [ɥiː]

[cɕᶣɥiːʁɨ]
chûri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"
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*ɥ fortites

[cɕᶣçiːʁɨ]
chûri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"
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Cluster simplification [cɕᶣç] > [cçᶣ]

[cçᶣiːʁɨ]
cuîri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"
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*iː > ɘɐ̯ / %ɨ (also correcting the modifier because /cç/ is about as palatal as you can go)

[cçʷɘɐ̯ʁɨ]
cuîri

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"
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Labialisation resolves onto the following vowels:

[cçɵɔ̯.ʁɨ]
kieory

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"
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[cç] > [tɕ]

[tɕɵɔ̯.ʁɨ]
kieory

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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ʁ > ʢ

[tɕɵɔ̯.ʢɨ]
kieory

(excl.) (vulgar) "fuck you, fuck off"
(v.i.) (vulgar) "die"
(v.i.) (vulgar) (of bombs) "explode, go off"
(v.t.) (vulgar) "kill, off, do in"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (of bombs, temper) "set off, detonate"
(v.t.) (vulgar) (by extension) "cum, ejaculate"
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[tɕɵɔ̯.ʢɨ]
kieory

Is somewhat of a change from

[gɾvɵ̌ʢgɐ]
grvóxga


Anyways
[tsɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝjomi]
tsukuyomi
つくよみ
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