ꭥ

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

Translingual

Etymology

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

Letter

ꭥ

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

Usage notes

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

Derivations

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

Antonyms

• ᴇ