ami ohun ẹlẹyọọroke
Yoruba
Etymology
From àmì ohùn (“tone mark”) + ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising”).
- ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè from oní- (“that which has”) + ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yọ́ (“to glide”) + rè (“to go”) + òkè (“top”), literally “that which glides to the top”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.mĩ̀ ō.hũ̀ ɛ̄.lɛ́.ꜜjɔ́.ɾò.kè/
Noun
àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè
- falling-tone mark ( ˇ ), 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”)