ꭥ

ꭥ U+AB65, ꭥ GREEK LETTER SMALL CAPITAL OMEGA ← ꭤ [U+AB64] Latin Extended-E ꭦ → [U+AB66]

See also: ʊ

Translingual

Etymology

A turned Latin upsilon ʊ, which in this era was often typeset as a turned small-capital omega.

Letter

ꭥ

1. (phonetics) A mid back round vowel between [o] and [ɔ] (IPA [o̞]).
2. (phonetics) A higher vowel, IPA [ʊ]).

Usage notes

Proposed for [o̞] in Bloch & Trager (1942). Used in linguistic field notes in the 1950s and '60s.

Use for [ʊ] in e.g. Atlas Linguarum Europae (ALE).

Derivations

• ꭥ̇ mid central round vowel, IPA [ɵ̞].
• ꭥ̈ mid front round vowel, IPA [ø̞].

Antonyms

• ᴇ