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