Usually means: Reduce diphthong to single vowel.
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  1. monophthongize: Merriam-Webster
  2. monophthongize: Collins English Dictionary
  3. monophthongize: Wordnik
  4. monophthongize: Wiktionary
  5. monophthongize: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. monophthongize: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (monophthongize)

verb:  (transitive, linguistics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel).
verb:  (intransitive, linguistics) To become a monophthong.

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