ẹ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

ẹ U+1EB9, ẹ LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DOT BELOW Composition: e [U+0065] + ◌̣ [U+0323] ← Ẹ [U+1EB8] Latin Extended Additional Ẻ → [U+1EBA]

Igala

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɛ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛ́ɛ̀/

Letter

ẹ (lower case, upper case Ẹ)

1. The sixth letter of the Igala alphabet, called ẹ́ẹ̀ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) àmulú-ùkọ̀là; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, Ch ch, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, Gw gw, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, Kp kp, Kw kw, L l, M m, N n (Ṅ ṅ), Ñ ñ, Ñm ñm, Ñw ñw, Ny ny, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

Slovene

Etymology

Letter e with dot below ◌̣ to signify a more closed vowel.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /éː/, /èː/
• (symbol name): IPA^(key): /òːski èː/, /òːski éː/, ozki e
• Rhymes: -eː

Symbol

ẹ

1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sounds [éː, èː].

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

See also

• ē
• è
• e
• ê
• ḙ
• é
• ə

References

• Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Obzorja, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˨˩˨]

Letter

ẹ (upper case Ẹ)

1. The letter e in thanh nặng tone.

Noun

ẹ

1. (archaic) an étui

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛ́/

Letter

ẹ (lower case, upper case Ẹ)

1. The fifth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ẹ́ and written in the Latin script.

Noun

ẹ́

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ẹ.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ìn

Pronunciation

• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̀/

Pronoun

ẹ

1. you (second-person plural or honorific personal pronoun)

Pronoun

ẹ̀

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of ẹ (“you”) (used primarily with the conjunction bá or the progressive particle ń)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (high-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ́/

Pronoun

ẹ

1. you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb)
2. Alternative form of rẹ (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a complex verb)

Pronoun

ẹ́

1. you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a low- or mid-tone monosyllabic verb)

Determiner

ẹ

1. Alternative form of rẹ (second-person singular non-honorific possessive pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (high-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ́/
• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̀/

Pronoun

ẹ

1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /ɛ/)

Pronoun

ẹ́

1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /ɛ/)

Pronoun

ẹ̀

1. Alternative form of rẹ̀ (third-person singular object pronoun following a complex verb)

Determiner

ẹ̀

1. Alternative form of rẹ̀ (third-person singular possessive pronoun)

See also

Affirmative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mo	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	ó	wọ́n

Negative subject pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi / n	a
2nd person	o	ẹ
3rd person	[pronoun dropped]	wọn

Object pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	mi	wa
2nd person	ọ / ẹ	yín
3rd person	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] / ẹ̀	wọn

Note: except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Emphatic pronouns

	singular	plural or honorific
1st person	èmi	àwa
2nd person	ìwọ	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	òun	àwọn