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ⵓ U+2D53, ⵓ TIFINAGH LETTER YU ← ⵒ [U+2D52] Tifinagh ⵔ → [U+2D54]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (letter name, Neo-Tifinagh): IPA^(key): /ju/
• (phoneme, Neo-Tifinagh): IPA^(key): /u/
• (letter name, Tuareg): IPA^(key): /jaw/
• (phoneme, Tuareg): IPA^(key): /u/, /w/

Letter

ⵓ (u, w)

1. A Tifinagh letter: the twenty-first letter of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.
2. A Tifinagh letter: a letter of the Tuareg alphabet.

Central Atlas Tamazight

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Berber, related to ⴳ (g, “son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [u]

Letter:

• IPA^(key): /ju/
  • (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [ju]

Letter

ⵓ • (u)

1. yu, a Tifinagh letter, the nineteenth of the basic Neo-Tifinagh alphabet.

Noun

ⵓ • (u) m (feminine ⵓⵍⵜ)

1. son of
2. from (a place)

See also

• ⴱⴱⴰ (bba)
• ⵎⵎⴰ (mma)
• ⴳ (g)
• ⴳⵎⴰ (gma)
• ⵓⵍⵜ (ult)
• ⵓⵍⵜⵎⴰ (ultma)