ami faagun

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Yoruba

Lẹ́tà "á" tí a fi àmì fàágùn sí (ìyẹn túmọ̀ sí wí pé ó lè dún bí "dò-dò", "mí-dò", "re-re" abbl.)

Etymology

From àmì (“tone mark”) +‎ fàágùn (“elongated”).

fàágùn from fà (“to drag”) +‎ á (“it”) +‎ gùn (“to be long”), literally “stretch it out”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.mĩ̀ fàá.ɡũ̀/

Noun

àmì fàágùn

composite tone mark ( ~ ), which is no longer used in Yoruba orthography

See also

tone marks

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

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