See also: Ɔ [U+0186 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OPEN O], ͻ [U+037B GREEK SMALL REVERSED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL], Ͻ [U+03FD GREEK CAPITAL REVERSED LUNATE SIGMA SYMBOL], [U+2183 ROMAN NUMERAL REVERSED ONE HUNDRED], and [U+2184 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED C]

ɔ U+0254, ɔ
LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O
ɓ
[U+0253]
IPA Extensions ɕ
[U+0255]
U+1D53, ᵓ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL OPEN O

[U+1D52]
Phonetic Extensions
[U+1D54]

Translingual

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Etymology

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(vowel): A turned-c as a convenient type for an open o.

(click): A rotated Xhosa dental click ⟨c⟩. Later identified as a rotated palatal stop [c], analogous to turned dental t ⟨ʇ⟩ for dental clicks and turned velar k ⟨ʞ⟩ for 'velar' clicks.

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ɔ

  1. (IPA) an open-mid back rounded vowel.
  2. (superscript ⟨ᵓ⟩, IPA) [ɔ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo [ɔ].
  3. (phonetics, obsolete) base letter of the palatal click consonants; equivalent to IPA ⟨ǂ⟩.

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Adangme

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Particle

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ɔ

  1. an intensifier, used after a word or at the end of a phrase, to stress importance, show respect or add grandeur.
    • 1998, Je Tsuo Blɔ Nya Tomi Kɛ Ha Adesa He Blɔhi, translation of 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (both published by United Nations Department of Public Information et al and accessed at United Nations Human Rights website on 7 Jan 2012):
      Jehanɛ ɔ,/Kpe Ngua a ha lemi kaa/Je tsuo Blɔ Nya Tomi kɛ Ha Adesa He Blɔhi nɛ ɔ.
      Now, therefore,/The General Assembly,/Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
    • 1999, Bible Society of Ghana (tr.), Baiblo aloo Ngmani Klɔuklɔu ɔ →ISBN, Somi He ɔ page 186[1]:
      Roma Bi 8:16: Mawu mumi ɔ nitsɛ kɛ wɔ hu wa mumi ɔ yeɔ odase kaa Mawu bimɛ ji wɔ.[2]
      Romans 8:16: The Spirit himself also, along with our own spirits, tells us that we are God's children.[3]

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  1. ^ The numbering in Baiblo aloo Ngmani Klɔuklɔu ɔ (Bible or Holy Writ) restarts at the beginning of Somi He ɔ (the New Testament), of which this quotation is part.
  2. ^ An audio version of this is available online at the Joshua Project website in the Romans 8 section, from 2 min 22 sec to 2 min 26 sec
  3. ^ Quotations from 2010 SBLGNT reconstructed original Ancient Greek New Testament (Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software), and 1998 The Jesus Book - The Bible in Worldwide English (SOON Educational Publications), both accessed at BibleGateway.com on 9 Jan 2012.

Dagbani

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ɔ (upper case Ɔ)

  1. A letter of the Dagbani alphabet.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ɔ (upper case Ɔ)

  1. A letter of the Ewe alphabet.

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Lingala

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ɔ (upper case Ɔ)

  1. A letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Old Irish

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Prefix

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ɔ

  1. Abbreviation of com-.

Conjunction

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ɔ

  1. Abbreviation of co.

Preposition

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ɔ

  1. Abbreviation of co (with).

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See Category:Old Irish terms spelled with Ɔ

Yucatec Maya

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Letter

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ɔ (uppercase Ɔ)

  1. (Colonial-era texts) The lower-case letter used for /t͡sʼ/; equivalent to in some other Mayan orthographies