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s U+0073, s
LATIN SMALL LETTER S
← r
 		Basic Latin t →
ˢ U+02E2, ˢ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL S
← ˡ
 		Spacing Modifier Letters ˣ →
𝆍 U+1D18D, 𝆍
MUSICAL SYMBOL SUBITO
← 𝆌
 		Musical Symbols 𝆎 →
ｓ U+FF53, ｓ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER S
← ｒ
 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｔ →

Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(file)

Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

s

  1. (IPA) a voiceless alveolar fricative.
    (superscript ⟨ˢ⟩) -fricated release, -coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic – see ⟨ˢ⟩.
  2. Symbol for second, an SI unit of measurement of time.

Gallery

  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of S, in normal and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions of S, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase (left) and lowercase (right) S in Fraktur. The middle character is an ſ, an archaic form of writing long "s"
    Uppercase (left) and lowercase (right) S in Fraktur. The middle character is an ſ, an archaic form of writing long "s"

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S, plural ss or s's)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms

Number

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations. s

  1. (stenoscript) the sound /s/ in a word.
    (an orthographic ⟨s⟩ pronounced /z/ is transcribed z)
  2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of us.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of saw.
  4. (stenoscript) the prefix or initial syllable sub-
    (some manuals advise capital S for the prefix sub-)

Noun

s

  1. (metrology) Abbreviation of scruple. (unit of mass in the apothecaries' system)
  2. (physics) Abbreviation of strange quark.
  3. Alternative form of s.
Derived terms

See also

Afar

Letter

s

  1. The fourth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German daz, from Old High German daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *só. Cognate with German das, Dutch dat, English that, Icelandic það.

Article

s n

  1. (definite) the
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Wüssed Si, Herr Bodmer, das isches, was ich so bewundere an de Schwitzer: Ire Humor. I jedere Situazion s’richtige Wort.
      You know, Mr Bodmer, that's what I admire about the Swiss – their humour. The right word for every situation.
    • 2010, Pedro Lenz, Der Goalie bin ig:
      D Wohnig isch d Wohnig und ds Business isch ds Business.
      Accommodation is accommodation, and business is business.

Declension

Alemannic German definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative/Accusative de
dr (Bern) 		d s
ds (Bern) 		d
Dative em der em de
  • Masculine nominative/accusative singular de has the form der before a vowel, e.g. der alt Maa ‘the old man’
  • Dative plural de has the form den before a vowel, e.g. den alte Fraue ‘(to) the old women’
  • Feminine singular d and plural d have the variant di before an adjective, e.g. di jung Mueter ‘the young mother’

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

s lower case (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ese and written in the Latin script.

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Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech s, se, from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

Pronunciation

Preposition

s

  1. with
    Antonyms: bez, beze
    setkat se s někým ― to meet someone
    chléb s máslem ― bread and butter
    s pozdravem ― best regards
  2. (dated, literary) down from, off
    Synonym: z
    dolů z/s kopce ― down the hill
  3. (obsolete) enough for, stronger than, above
    1. today only found in these phrases:
      být s to ― to be capable
      seč ― as much as
      kdo s koho ― who is stronger than whom

Usage notes

  • The more usual form is s, while se is used before words starting with s, z and certain consonant clusters.
  • The use with genitive is dated and normally replaced by z, but it can sometimes be seen in older literature.

Further reading

  • s in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • s in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

s

 m

  1. The object depicted in the hieroglyph
    s
    . The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. A cloth

Inflection

Declension of s (masculine)
singular s
dual swj
plural sw

Noun

sZ1

 m

  1. A vessel or container (made of gold)

Inflection

Declension of s (masculine)
singular s
dual swj
plural sw

Noun

sG38

 m

  1. A type of waterfowl, perhaps the Eurasian teal (Anas crecca), especially as an offering for the dead
  2. Alternative form of sr (“type of goose”)

Inflection

Declension of s (masculine)
singular s
dual swj
plural sw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of s  
sG54
s
s s

Noun

s

 m

  1. Abbreviation of snb (“health”) in the formula ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb (“life, prosperity, health”)

Pronoun

s

 f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. Alternative form of sj (“she, her”)

Pronoun

s

 m sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. Alternative form of sw (“he, him”)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of s  
s
z

Romanization

s

  1. Alternative transliteration of z.

References

  1. ^ Berman, Lawrence M.; Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 140–141

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called so and written in the Latin script.

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Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Noun

s

  1. Abbreviation of sent; cent

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and s for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äs or es and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

compounds

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Noun

s

  1. (housing) Abbreviation of sauna (“sauna”).

French

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Usage notes

See also

Gothic

Romanization

s

  1. Romanization of 𐍃

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Conjunction

s

  1. and (short variant of és (“and”))

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

Letter

s

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative s s-ek
accusative s-et s-eket
dative s-nek s-eknek
instrumental s-sel s-ekkel
causal-final s-ért s-ekért
translative s-sé s-ekké
terminative s-ig s-ekig
essive-formal s-ként s-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive s-ben s-ekben
superessive s-en s-eken
adessive s-nél s-eknél
illative s-be s-ekbe
sublative s-re s-ekre
allative s-hez s-ekhez
elative s-ből s-ekből
delative s-ről s-ekről
ablative s-től s-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		s-é s-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		s-éi s-ekéi
Possessive forms of s
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. s-em s-eim
2nd person sing. s-ed s-eid
3rd person sing. s-e s-ei
1st person plural s-ünk s-eink
2nd person plural s-etek s-eitek
3rd person plural s-ük s-eik

See also

Further reading

  • (sound, letter, and abbreviation): s in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (and): s in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ido

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /s/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /se/

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Italian

Letter

s f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case S)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called esse and written in the Latin script.

Japanese

Etymology

Short of さん (san).

Suffix

s(さん) • (-san) 

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of さん (san)

Related terms

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and s for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

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Letter

S

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.

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Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Malay

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/
  • IPA(key): /z/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Mòcheno

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ëz, iz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-West Germanic *it, from Proto-Germanic *it, nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz. Cognate with German es.

Pronoun

s

  1. it
Inflection
Personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person i biar
2nd person du ir
3rd person er, si, s sei

Etymology 2

From Middle High German daz, from Old High German daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate with German das, English that.

Article

s (masculine der, feminine de, plural de)

  1. the, nominative singular neuter definite article

References

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /esː/, /ɛsː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/, (in sj, skj, sk, sl) /ʃ/, (in rs) /ʂ/
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Letter

s

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Nupe

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Old Polish

Pronunciation

Preposition

s

  1. Alternative form of z

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and s for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

s (upper case S, lower case)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Polish alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter name: (esse)

 

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adverb

s

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of sim (“yes”).

Noun

s m (plural ss)

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of sim (“yes”).

Interjection

s

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of sim (“yes”).

Etymology 3

Noun

s m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of segundo.
    1. used to indicate any sequence of time in seconds
      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s
      The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds
Usage notes
  • This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number.
  • This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by m, used to represent minutes, which can be in turn preceded by h, to represent hours.
    • Example: 20h43min08s

Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. (International Standard) The twenty-fourth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-fifth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Romanian alphabet, called es, se, or sî and written in the Latin script.

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Saanich

Pronunciation

Letter

s

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by r and followed by t. Its traditional name is suil (“willow”).

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

Letter

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.

Alternative forms

  • sa (see usage notes)

Pronunciation

Preposition

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. with, together with, along with
    raditi s nekim ― to work with somebody
    svađati se s nekim ― to quarrel with somebody
    ratovati s nekim ― to wage war with somebody
    d(j)evojka s plavom kosom ― a girl with blonde hair
    s godinama dolazi mudrost ― with age comes wisdom
    s ljubavlju ― with love
    pozdraviti se jedno s drugim ― part ways with each other
    • 1898, Vojislav Stanković, “Đurđevdan”, in Stari Dani‎, page 1:
      Gledam živu, tesnu ulicu, ograđenu visokim zidovima, s velikim kapijama i razgranatim drvećem, koje se pruža, te je kiti zelenom.
      I look at lively, narrow streets, high fenced walls, with large gates and branched trees, which stretch, and adorn it with green.
  2. from, off
    pao sam sa stabla. ― I fell from the tree.
    s druge strane ― on the other side
    sa zapada ― from the west
    s leđa ― from the back
    promatrati s prozora ― to observe from the window
    ljudi s planine ― people from the mountain
  3. (proscribed, shortening of iz tog) (+ genitive case) because of (= iz, zbȍg)
    s tog razloga ― for that reason
  4. miscellaneous prepositional senses in phrases that employ a connection
    Šta/što je s tobom? ― What's wrong with you?
    s vremenom ― in time
    • 1942-1945, Ivo Andrić, chapter 1, in Na Drini Ćuprija‎:
      Tako su se i ovde, s vremenom, rojile kuće i množila naselja na oba kraja mosta.
      Here also in time the houses crowded together and the settlemnts multiplied at both ends of the bridge.
Usage notes

s takes the alternative form sa in the following environments:

  • before the sibilants /s, š, z, ž/:
    sa stránē
    aside
    sa škȏlōm
    with school
    sa zȗbom
    with the tooth
    sa žìvotom
    with life
  • before consonant clusters where the second consonant is /s, š, z, ž/:
    sa psȍm
    with the dog
    sa pšènicōm
    with wheat
    sa ȑzānjem
    with neighing
  • before the instrumental form of the first-person pronoun jȃ (“I”)
    sa mnȏm
    with me

Etymology 3

Shortening of srednji rod.

Alternative forms

Noun

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. (grammar) neuter gender

Silesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs/
  • Rhymes: -s
  • Syllabification: s

Etymology 1

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and s for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

Preposition

s

  1. Alternative form of z

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/
  • IPA(key): (before voiced and sonorous consonants and before vowels) /z/

Preposition

s (+ instrumental)

  1. with
    Antonyms: bez, bezo
    Tancujem s tebou.
    I am dancing with you.
    • 1903, Jozef Gregor Tajovský, Maco Mlieč :
      Gazda vystrojil mu krásny pohreb s kňazom.
      The farmer held a beautiful funeral with a priest for him.

Usage notes

  • The non-sylabic variant s is used when the next word does not begin with s, z, š or ž or with a consonant cluster containing one of these consonants. In all other cases, the variant so is used.

Further reading

  • “s”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

Preposition

s

  1. Alternative form of z, used before a voiceless consonant

Further reading

  • “s”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “s”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (phoneme) /s/, /s̺/, /s̄/
  • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈese/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Swedish

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

See also

Noun

s

  1. page; Abbreviation of sida.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish s. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English s.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜐ (sa).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish s.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: s
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ʔes/,
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /sa/,
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈʔese/,
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/,
  • Rhymes: -es, -a, -ese

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called es and written in the Latin script.

See also

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S, Baybayin spelling ᜐ)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called sa and written in the Latin script.

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical) The twenty-second letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called ese and written in the Latin script.

Further reading

  • “s”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tarifit

Preposition

s (Tifinagh spelling ⵙ)

  1. instrumental marker
    1. expresses the means or cause: by means of, with (instrumental)
      ixeddem s ufus
      He works with his hand.
      tessiweř s Tmaziɣt
      She spoke (using) Berber.
    2. used to express temporal expressions
      iffeɣ s ǧiret, idwer-d s wass
      He left at night, he returned at day.
    3. used in numeral constructions
      udfen s sebɛa
      They came in with the seven of them.

Usage notes

When standing alone s takes the form zi, when used before a pronoun it takes the form zzay.

Turkish

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Turkish alphabet, called se and written in the Latin script.

See also

Turkmen

Pronunciation

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called sí and written in the Latin script.

See also

Zulu

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia