diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
index ff0b0305..dc76d5f8 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
@@ -1207,7 +1207,19 @@ int TranslateWord(Translator *tr, char *word_start, WORD_TAB *wtab, char *word_o
 			while (!isspace(*word_out)) ++word_out;
 			while (isspace(*word_out))  ++word_out;
 		}
-		snprintf(word_phonemes, sizeof(word_phonemes), "%s", words_phonemes);
+
+		// If the list file contains a text replacement to another
+		// entry in the list file, e.g.:
+		//     ripost     riposte $text
+		//     riposte    rI#p0st
+		// calling it from a prefix or suffix rule such as 'riposted'
+		// causes word_out[0] to be NULL, as TranslateWord3 has the
+		// information needed to perform the mapping. In this case,
+		// no phonemes have been written in this loop and the phonemes
+		// have been calculated, so don't override them.
+		if (phonemes != words_phonemes) {
+			snprintf(word_phonemes, sizeof(word_phonemes), "%s", words_phonemes);
+		}
 	}
 	return flags;
 }
diff --git a/tests/translate.test b/tests/translate.test
index 72659e14..43c408d1 100755
--- a/tests/translate.test
+++ b/tests/translate.test
@@ -23,8 +23,18 @@ test_phonemes hi " r'UcI" "रुचि"
 test_phonemes hi " dUk'a:n" "दुकान"
 test_phonemes hi " ka:n'u:n" "कानून"
 
-# Emoji
+#----- Emoji [http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/tr51-12.html] -----
 
-# ED-3 - emoji_character [http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/tr51-12.html#def_emoji_character]
+# ED-3 - emoji_character
+# TODO: Fix adjacent emoji without whitespace so the pronunciation is separated by a space.
+test_phonemes en " 'e@ri:z" "♈"
+test_phonemes en " 'e@ri:zr'eInboU" "♈🌈"
+test_phonemes en " 'e@ri:z r'eInboU" "♈ 🌈"
+
+# multi-word
+# TODO: Add support for multi-word emoji.
 test_phonemes en " Ekskla#m'eIS@N kw'EstS@n m'A@k" "⁉"
 test_phonemes en " Ekskla#m'eIS@N kw'EstS@n m'A@k r'eInboU" "⁉ 🌈"
+# A list entry that uses '$text' to map to another list entry crashes 1.49.2 multi-word support:
+test_phonemes en " d'eIbju:tI2d" "débuted"
+test_phonemes en-US " d'eIbju:t#I#d" "débuted"