Malayalam
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ik/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
Letter
ൿ • (k)
- (archaic) ചില്ലക്ഷരം (vowelless consonant) of consonant ക.
- Usage notes: This symbol has become archaic. Instead, ക് (kŭ) is used as replacement.
- This letter, like other chillus, never occurs as the first letter of any Malayalam word. It only appears word medial.
Example
വാൿചാതുരി (vākcāturi, “Rhetoric”): /ʋaːktʃaːt̪uɾi/
See also
- Other archaic chillu letters ൔ, ൕ, ൖ
- Malayalam script letters (alphabet appendix): അ, ആ, ഇ, ഈ, ഉ, ഊ, ഋ, എ, ഏ, ഐ, ഒ, ഓ, ഔ, അം, അഃ, ക, ഖ, ഗ, ഘ, ങ, ച, ഛ, ജ, ഝ, ഞ, ട, ഠ, ഡ, ഢ, ണ, ത, ഥ, ദ, ധ, ന, പ, ഫ, ബ, ഭ, മ, യ, ര, ല, വ, ശ, ഷ, സ, ഹ, ള, ഴ, റ, ൺ, ൻ, ർ, ൽ, ൾ [edit]