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/ii/ -> [i]; fila de espera ('waiting line') (EP only).
* /uu, uu/ -> [u(:), u(:)] (henceforth transcribed [u (u), u (u)]); todo o dia ('all day').

If the next word begins with a dissimilar vowel, then /i/ and /u/ become approximants in Brazilian Portuguese (synaeresis):

* /i/ + V -> [jV]; durante o curso ('during the course'), mais que um ('more than one').
* /u/ + V -> [wV]; todo este tempo ('all

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