panghulu

• From pang- +‎ hulu. Compare Indonesian penghulu, Tagalog pangulo (“president”).
• Sense of diacritic is named after its placement at the top (or head) of the letter.

panghulu (Sundanese script ᮕᮀᮠᮥᮜᮥ)

1. chief, head, leader (especially of religious affairs, mainly Islamic)
2. a diacritic (rarangkén) ⟨◌ᮤ⟩ signifying the vowel /i/ in the Sundanese script.

   ᮔ (na) + ◌ᮤ (i) → ᮔᮦ (ni)

• (Sundanese script diacritics) rarangkén/ᮛᮛᮀᮊᮦᮔ᮪; panghulu ⟨ ◌ᮤ ⟩, panyuku ⟨ ◌ ᮥ ⟩, panéléng ⟨ ◌ᮦ ⟩, panolong ⟨ ◌ᮧ ⟩, pamepet ⟨ ◌ ᮨ ⟩, paneuleung ⟨ ◌ ᮩ ⟩, pamaéh ⟨ ◌᮪ ⟩, panglayar ⟨ ◌ ᮁ ⟩, panyecek ⟨ ◌ ᮀ ⟩, panyakra ⟨ ◌ ᮢ ⟩, panyiku ⟨ ◌ ᮣ ⟩ pamingkal ⟨ ◌ ᮡ ⟩, pangwisad ⟨ ◌ᮂ ⟩ ^{(Category: su:Diacritical marks)}

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij