See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"
U+1EB9, ẹ
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DOT BELOW
Composition:e [U+0065] + ◌̣ [U+0323]

[U+1EB8]
Latin Extended Additional
[U+1EBA]

Translingual

Symbol

  1. (UPA) a mid back unrounded vowel (IPA [ɤ]).

Efik

Pronunciation

Letter

(upper case )

  1. A letter of the Efik alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Igala

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɛ/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛ́ɛ̀/

Letter

(lower case, upper case )

  1. The sixth letter of the Igala alphabet, called ẹ́ẹ̀ and written in the Latin script.

See also

Slovene

Etymology

Letter e with dot below ◌̣ to signify a more closed vowel.

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /éː/, /èː/
  • (symbol name): IPA(key): /òːski èː/, /òːski éː/, ozki e
  • Rhymes: -eː

Symbol

  1. (tonal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sounds [éː, èː].

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

See also

References

  • Toporišič, Jože (2000) Slovenska slovnica / Jože Toporišič. - 4. prenovljena in razširjena izd. (in Slovene), Maribor: Obzorja, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

(lower case, upper case )

  1. The letter e with the underdot.

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

  1. (archaic) étui

Etymology 3

Adjective

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) dirty
    Synonyms: bẩn,

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɛ̄/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛ́/

Letter

(lower case, upper case )

  1. The fifth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ẹ́ and written in the Latin script.

Noun

ẹ́

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter /.

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /ɛ̄/
  • (low-tone): IPA(key): /ɛ̀/

Pronoun

  1. you (second-person plural or honorific personal pronoun)

Pronoun

ẹ̀

  1. (proscribed) alternative form of (you) (used primarily with the conjunction or the progressive particle ń)

See also

Yoruba personal pronouns
subject object1 emphatic
affirmative negative
singular 1st person mo / mi mi èmi
2nd person o / ìwọ
3rd person ó [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for mono­syllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ òun
plural 1st person a wa àwa
2nd person yín ẹ̀yin
3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn àwọn
1 Except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /ɛ̄/
  • (high-tone): IPA(key): /ɛ́/

Pronoun

  1. you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb)
  2. alternative form of rẹ (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a complex verb)

Pronoun

ẹ́

  1. you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a low- or mid-tone monosyllabic verb)

Determiner

  1. alternative form of rẹ (second-person singular non-honorific possessive pronoun)

See also

Yoruba personal pronouns
subject object1 emphatic
affirmative negative
singular 1st person mo / mi mi èmi
2nd person o / ìwọ
3rd person ó [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for mono­syllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ òun
plural 1st person a wa àwa
2nd person yín ẹ̀yin
3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn àwọn
1 Except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (high-tone): IPA(key): /ɛ́/
  • (mid-tone): IPA(key): /ɛ̄/
  • (low-tone): IPA(key): /ɛ̀/

Pronoun

  1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /ɛ/)

Pronoun

ẹ́

  1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /ɛ/)

Pronoun

ẹ̀

  1. alternative form of rẹ̀ (third-person singular object pronoun following a complex verb)

Determiner

ẹ̀

  1. alternative form of rẹ̀ (third-person singular possessive pronoun)

See also

Yoruba personal pronouns
subject object1 emphatic
affirmative negative
singular 1st person mo / mi mi èmi
2nd person o / ìwọ
3rd person ó [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for mono­syllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ òun
plural 1st person a wa àwa
2nd person yín ẹ̀yin
3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn àwọn
1 Except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.