ė

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ė U+0117, ė
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DOT ABOVE
Composition:e [U+0065] + ◌̇ [U+0307]
Ė
[U+0116]
Latin Extended-A Ę
[U+0118]

Translingual

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ė

  1. (UPA) A close e vowel.

English

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Symbol

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ė

  1. (lexicography) Indicates the HAPPY vowel (final vowel of happy).
  2. (lexicography, dated) An element of the digraph ⟨ėr⟩, indicating the NURSE vowel.

Synonyms

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(NURSE vowel): ûr, ʉr

Cheyenne

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Pronunciation

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ė (upper case Ė)

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

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Coined by Daniel Klein in 1653 for Grammatica Litvanica.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ė (upper case Ė)

  1. The ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called ė and written in the Latin script.

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Lower Sorbian

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Letter

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ė (upper case Ė)

  1. (obsolete) A letter formerly used to represent the sound /ɪ/, now replaced by the letter ě.

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Samogitian

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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ė (upper case Ė)

  1. The ninth letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ė̄ and written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2

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Compare Lithuanian ir.

Alternative forms

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Conjunction

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ė

  1. and
    Petnīčė īr dėina nedielie terp ketverga ė sobatas.
    Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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Letter e with dot above (◌̇) to signify a lot more close vowel.

Pronunciation

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  • (sound, unofficial): IPA(key): [ɪ͈]

Symbol

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ė

  1. (dialectal transcription) Phonetic transcription of tense sound between [e] and [i].
Usage notes
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Although by the description, the corresponding IPA representation should be approximately [ɪ͈], no equivalent IPA representation is given in the source.

Etymology 2

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Letter e with dot above (◌̇) to signify an extra short vowel.

Pronunciation

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  • (Natisone Valley dialect, phoneme): IPA(key): /ĕ/

Letter

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ė (lower case, usually not in upper case)

  1. (Natisone Valley dialect) Additional letter, used in some words to denote the extra-short stress on e.

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References

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  • Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija[1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30
  • Špehonja, Nino (2012) Nediška gramatika[2] (in Italian), Poligrafice San Marco