ẻ

ẻ U+1EBB, ẻ LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH HOOK ABOVE Composition: e [U+0065] + ◌̉ [U+0309] ← Ẻ [U+1EBA] Latin Extended Additional Ẽ → [U+1EBC]

Translingual

Letter

ẻ (upper case Ẻ)

1. The letter e with a hook.

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 E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letters using hook sign):  Ảả  Ẳẳ  Ẩẩ  Ɓɓ  Ƈƈ  Ɗɗ  ᶑ  Ẻẻ  Ƒƒ  Ɠɠ  ɦ  Ỉỉ  Ƙƙ  ᶆ  Ɱɱ  Ỏỏ  Ởở  Ƥƥ  ʠ  Ƭƭ  Ủủ  Ửử  Ʋʋ  Ⱳⱳ  Ƴƴ  Ỷỷ

Vietnamese

Etymology

See ỉa. Diphthongization did not take place, thus the conservative monophthong was preserved.

This is originally a dialectal form from the North Central region, but now can be seen used by speakers of other dialects on the Internet as a euphemism.

Pronunciation

• (Vinh) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˩]

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

Verb

ẻ

1. North Central Vietnam form of ỉa (“to take a poop, to shit”)