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Yes, aspirate is playable

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"Aspirate" Definition

noun

Linguistics A speech sound followed by a puff of breath.
Linguistics The puff of air accompanying the release of a stop consonant.
Linguistics The speech sound represented by English h.
Medicine Matter removed by aspiration.
An independent sound \h\ or a character (as the letter ) representing it.

verb-transitive

Linguistics To follow (a consonant, especially a stop consonant) with a puff of breath that is clearly audible before the next sound begins, as in English pit or kit.
Linguistics To pronounce (a vowel or word) with the initial release of breath associated with English h, as in hurry.
Medicine To remove an abnormal accumulation of (a liquid or gas) from the body by aspiration.
Medicine To suction (a body part or growth, for example) for the removal of a liquid or a gas.
To draw (something) into the lungs; inhale.

verb

To pronounce (a vowel or a consonant) with (sense 1a).
To draw by suction.
To remove (as blood) by aspiration.
To take into the lungs by aspiration.

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