ꭥ


ꭥ U+AB65, ꭥ
GREEK LETTER SMALL CAPITAL OMEGA
← ꭤ
[U+AB64] 		Latin Extended-E ꭦ →
[U+AB66]

Translingual

Etymology

A turned Latin upsilon ʊ, which in this era was often typeset as a turned small-capital omega.

Letter

ꭥ

  1. (phonetics, rare) A mid back round vowel between [o] and [ɔ] (IPA [o̞]).

Usage notes

Proposed in Bloch & Trager (1942). Used in linguistic field notes in the 1950s and '60s.

Derivations
  • ꭥ̇ mid central round vowel, IPA [ɵ̞].
  • ꭥ̈ mid front round vowel, IPA [ø̞].

Antonyms
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