"skerping" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Faroese skerping (“sharpening”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fo|skerping||sharpening}} Faroese skerping (“sharpening”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} skerping (uncountable)
  1. (phonetics) In the Faroese language, the phenomenon where back vowels are fronted before [kv], and certain diphthongs are monophthongized before [tʃː]. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics
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