直ちょく音おん化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

depalatalization

Linguistics term for the loss of palatalization, such as dropping small kana (e.g. きゃ → か) in loanword adaptation. Rare; mainly used in technical discussions.

See also: 拗音 (ようおん)

• 外がい来らい語ごの受じゅ容ようにおいて、拗よう音おんが直ちょく音おん化かすることがある。

  In the adoption of loanwords, yōon sometimes undergo depalatalization.

• 「キャベツ」が「カベツ」になるのは直ちょく音おん化かの一いち例れいだ。

  The change from 'kyabetsu' to 'kabetsu' is an example of depalatalization.