metathesize

Verb

 * 1)  To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.
 * 2) * 1939, Morris Swadesh & C. F. Voegelin, A Problem in Phonological Alternation, in Language, Vol. 15, No. 1
 * Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position.
 * 1) * 1888, James W. Bright, Thraf-Caik, in Modern Language Notes, Vol. 3, No. 3
 * The significance of noticing the existence of this adjective tharf by the side of the metathesized form thraf is of course apparent
 * 1) * 1962, Gene M. Schramm, An Outline of Classical Arabic Verb Structure, in Language, Vol. 38, No. 4
 * If the first of two identical consonants in sequence is postconsonantal and the second intervocalic, metathesize the first with the following vowel (geminate roots only).