Etymograph > Tolkien's Languages > Quenya > Rules > q-syncope

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sound is short vowel and sound is same as previous vowel and previous vowel is stressed:

Sequences

ce-to-q: previous ce-unvoice-stops-before-voiceless, next q-aspirates-after-voiceless-stops