ami ohun ẹlẹyọọrodo

Yoruba

Etymology

From àmì ohùn (“tone mark”) +‎ ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling”).

ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò from oní- (“that which has”) +‎ ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ yọ́ (“to glide”) +‎ rè (“to go”) +‎ odò (“lower point”), literally “that which glides to a lower point”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.mĩ̀ ō.hũ̀ ɛ̄.lɛ́.ꜜjɔ́.ɾō.dò/

Noun

àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò

falling-tone mark ( ˆ ), which is no longer used in Yoruba orthography

See also

tone marks

àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling-tone mark”)
àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising-tone mark”)
àmì ohùn àárín (“mid-tone mark”)
àmì ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low-tone mark”)
àmì ohùn òkè (“high-tone mark”)