dấu sóng

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu (“mark”) +‎ sóng (“wave”), from the diacritical mark's resemblance to an ocean wave.

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

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəw˧˦ sawŋ͡m˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəw˨˩˦ ʂawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [jəw˨˩˦ sɔŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəw˦˥ ʂawŋ͡m˦˥] ~ [jəw˦˥ sawŋ͡m˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái) dấu sóng

  1. (typography) swung dash; tilde (punctuation mark that indicates range)
  2. (typography, historical) apex (diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/)

Usage notes

This diacritic is a homoglyph of dấu ngã and dấu mềm, which are also known in English as tilde based on their appearance.

Synonyms

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