ẅ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "w"

ẅ U+1E85, ẅ LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH DIAERESIS Composition: w [U+0077] + ◌̈ [U+0308] ← Ẅ [U+1E84] Latin Extended Additional Ẇ → [U+1E86]

Translingual

Symbol

ẅ

1. (NAPA, French phonetics) a labialized palatal approximant (IPA [ɥ]). (Consonantal ü.)

   (superscript ʷ̈ ) equivalent to IPA superscript ⟨ᶣ⟩.

2. (General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) a bilabial approximant (IPA [β̞]).

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈuː/, /ˌʊ/

Letter

ẅ (lower case, upper case Ẅ)

1. The letter W, marked for its syllabic vocalic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.

Usage notes

• In practice, the function performed by this letter is usually undertaken by the letter ŵ instead, e.g. dŵad, sŵau rather than expected *dẅad, *sẅau, which is not the case with other diaeresis-marked vowels.