⹙ ⹚

⹙ U+2E59, ⹙ TOP HALF LEFT PARENTHESIS ← ⹘ [U+2E58] Supplemental Punctuation ⹚ → [U+2E5A]

⹚ U+2E5A, ⹚ TOP HALF RIGHT PARENTHESIS ← ⹙ [U+2E59] Supplemental Punctuation ⹛ → [U+2E5B]

See also: ⹛ ⹜

Translingual

Symbol

⹙ ⹚

1. (linguistic reconstruction) Marks a reconstructed phoneme as dubiously distinct.

   *k⹙š⹚m for example may indicate that a reconstruction is ambiguous between *kšm and *ksm, if it is not clear that *š is justified as a distinct consonant in the protolanguage.