ẅ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "w"
ẅ U+1E85, ẅ
LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH DIAERESIS
Composition:w [U+0077] + ◌̈ [U+0308]
← Ẅ
[U+1E84] 		Latin Extended Additional Ẇ →
[U+1E86]

Translingual

Symbol

ẅ

  1. (NAPA, French phonetics) a labialized palatal approximant (IPA [ɥ]). (Consonantal ü.)
    (superscript ʷ̈ ) equivalent to IPA superscript ⟨ᶣ⟩.
  2. (General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) a bilabial approximant (IPA [β̞]).

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ˈuː/, /ˌʊ/

Letter

ẅ (upper case Ẅ)

  1. The letter W, marked for its syllabic vocalic pronunciation distinct from adjacent vowels.

Usage notes

  • In practice, the function performed by this letter is usually undertaken by the letter ŵ instead, e.g. dŵad, sŵau rather than expected *dẅad, *sẅau, which is not the case with other diaeresis-marked vowels.
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