STUMPERS VII

1. Can you think of a five-letter, plural word which, when an E is added to it, becomes a six-letter homograph of the first word (i.e. sounds exactly the same as the first word)? The second word is often used in connection with the first word.

2. Can you think of a two-syllable, five-letter word, such that moving the third (middle) letter one place backward in the alphabet, will yield a word of three syllables.

HINTS:
1)
#1: The word begins with P.
#2: The second letter is L.

2)
#1: The first word is the name of a Greek letter.
#2: The second word has been adopted into English from another language.

Answers:

1. PLEAS - PLEASE
2. ALPHA - ALOHA