duobla vo

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Etymology

duobla vo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duˈobla ˈvo/
  • Hyphenation: du‧ob‧la‧vo

Noun

duobla vo (accusative singular duoblan vo-on, plural duoblaj vo-oj, accusative plural duoblajn vo-ojn)

  1. (sometimes proscribed) The name of the Latin-script letter W.
    • 1991, Sergio Pokrovskij (tr.), “La incidento en Gribojedovo”, in La majstro kaj Margarita‎, translation of Мастер и Маргарита by M. A. Bulgakov:
      Nur la unuan literon mi memoras, per duobla vo komenciĝas la familinomo!
      I only remember the first letter; the surname begins with double-u!
    • 1995, Petr Chrdle, editor, La Stato kaj Estonteco de la Internacia Lingvo Esperanto‎, Kava-Pech, page 77:
      Tial „wato“ - kun duobla vo - kaj „vatto“ por la unito de mekanika aŭ elektra povumo laŭ mi ne estas akcepteblaj.
      Therefore "wato" - with a double-u - and "vatto" for the unit of mechanical or electric power are in my opinion not acceptable.

Usage notes

Proscribed by some lexicons on the grounds that duobla vo literally means "vv".

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References

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    1987 [1970], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto, 3rd edition, Paris, →ISBN, keyword v, page 1163:
    duobla, ĝermana ~o. Nomo de neesperanta, latinalfabeta litero, kun la formo W, w, k la prononco ion simila al ŭ […]
    duobla, ĝermana ~o. Name of a non-Esperanto letter of the Latin alphabet, with the shape W, w, and with a pronunciation similar to ŭ
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