ȹ

ȹ U+0239, ȹ LATIN SMALL LETTER QP DIGRAPH ← ȸ [U+0238] Latin Extended-B Ⱥ → [U+023A]

Translingual

the q p ligature

Letter

ȹ

1. A ligature from the letters q and p.
2. (IPA, unofficial) Voiceless labiodental plosive.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter P):  Ṕṕ  Ṗṗ  Ᵽᵽ  Ƥƥ  P̃p̃  ᵱ  ᶈ  ᴘ  Ｐｐ  ȹ
• (Variations of letter Q):  Ɋɋ  ʠ  Ｑｑ  ȹ
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ

Further reading

• QP ligature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Verb

ȹ

1. (siglum) Scribal abbreviation of quod.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, folio xliiii, verso, column 1:

     I haue ȹ he, of ſommõs of the here a byl / Up payne of curſyng loke that thou be / To moꝛowe befoꝛe our Archdeacons kne

     I have (he said) a bill of summons here: / On pain of excommunication make sure that you appear / Tomorrow morning at the archdeacon's knee

   • 1554-1561, Unknown author, An A,B,C. for chyldren, folio B2, verso. London: in Poules churchyarde in the signe of the Swane : Ihon Kyng. Now in Oxford, Queen's College Library, Sel.d.81 (5)S117765.

     Here folow certain bꝛeuitatours yᵗ may be ſpelled alone, ⁊ ſome that cā not be ſpelled, but in other woꝛdes, and examples foꝛ the ſame.
     ā, am, an, ē, em, en, ī, im, in, ō, om, on, ū, um, un, ē. eēe, p̄, pꝛe, ꝓ, pꝛo, q̄, que, qⁱ, qui, qȝ. que, ȹ̄, quam, ȹ, quod, 4, rum, ṫ, ter, t̄, tur, ⁹c, con. m̄, n̄, ⁹.