ẹ

Usage notes

Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.

Letter

ẹ (lower case, upper case Ẹ)

1. The letter e with the underdot.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Noun

ẹ

1. (archaic) étui

Adjective

ẹ

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) dirty

   Synonyms: bẩn, dơ

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛ́/

Letter

ẹ (lower case, upper case Ẹ)

1. The fifth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ẹ́ and written in the Latin script.

Noun

ẹ́

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ẹ/ẹ.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Alternative forms

• ìn

Pronunciation

• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̀/

Pronoun

ẹ

1. you (second-person plural or honorific personal pronoun)

Pronoun

ẹ̀

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of ẹ (“you”) (used primarily with the conjunction bá or the progressive particle ń)

See also

Pronunciation

• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (high-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ́/

Pronoun

ẹ

1. you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb)
2. Alternative form of rẹ (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a complex verb)

Pronoun

ẹ́

1. you (second-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a low- or mid-tone monosyllabic verb)

Determiner

ẹ

1. Alternative form of rẹ (second-person singular non-honorific possessive pronoun)

See also

Pronunciation

• (high-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ́/
• (mid-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̄/
• (low-tone): IPA^(key): /ɛ̀/

Pronoun

ẹ

1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a high-tone /ɛ/)

Pronoun

ẹ́

1. him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun following a monosyllabic verb with a low- or mid-tone /ɛ/)

Pronoun

ẹ̀

1. Alternative form of rẹ̀ (third-person singular object pronoun following a complex verb)

Determiner

ẹ̀

1. Alternative form of rẹ̀ (third-person singular possessive pronoun)

See also