Ͷ
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
A glyph development from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”) in several epichoric alphabets, wherein Ͷ, ͷ (V, v) denoted the archaic phoneme /w/, which was elsewhere denoted by Ϝ, ϝ (W, w, “digamma”). In the Pamphylian Greek dialect, /w/ gained the allophone [v]; consequently, Ϝ, ϝ (W, w) was adopted to mark the distinction (albeit inconsistently), with Ͷ, ͷ (V, v) denoting the original [w] and Ϝ, ϝ (W, w) denoting the novel phone [v].
Pronunciation
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Letter
Ͷ • (V) (upper case, lower case ͷ)
- (Pamphylian Greek) digamma, denoting a voiced labio-velar approximant, and sorted between epsilon and zeta
Etymology 2
An alteration of Ϻ, ϻ (Ś, ś, “san”); it occurred in the Arcadocypriot Greek dialect of Mantinea in Arcadia, wherein it is believed that it denoted a reflex of the Proto-Greek phoneme */kʷ/, intermediate between it and the later Arcadocypriot /sː/.
Pronunciation
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Letter
Ͷ • (Ś) (upper case, lower case ͷ)
- (Arcadocypriot) tsan, denoting an alveolar ejective affricate; its sorting order is not known
Synonyms
- (Arcadocypriot tsan): Σ̱ (S̱)
Etymology 3
Applied due to the resemblance of the Melian glyph to the Unicode reference glyph shared by the Pamphylian digamma and Arcadocypriot tsan.
Letter
Ͷ • (B) (upper case, lower case ͷ)
- (nonstandard) an allograph of Β occurring in inscriptions from the isle of Melos