dấu lưỡi câu

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu (“mark”) +‎ lưỡi câu (“fishhook”), from the diacritical mark's resemblance to a fishhook.

The Middle Vietnamese diacritic was derived from the Portuguese til (“tilde”) and has since fallen out of use.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəw˧˦ lɨəj˦ˀ˥ kəw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəw˨˩˦ lɨj˧˨ kəw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəw˦˥ lɨj˨˩˦ kəw˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) dấu lưỡi câu

  1. (typography, historical) apex (diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/)

Synonyms

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