"Ͱ" meaning in All languages combined

See Ͱ on Wiktionary

Character [Ancient Greek]

Forms: H [romanization], ͱ [lowercase]
Etymology: A variant of the letter Η (Ē) (eta), of which it retains the original sound value of /h/. Etymology templates: {{m|grc|Η}} Η (Ē) Head templates: {{head|grc|letter|upper case||lower case|ͱ|tr=H}} Ͱ • (H) (upper case, lower case ͱ)
  1. A variant uppercase letter for heta (ἧτα), used to represent the /h/ sound. Tags: letter, uppercase
    Sense id: en-Ͱ-grc-character-MhuhnyTy Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header

Character [Latin]

Forms: ⱶ [lowercase]
Etymology: Created by the Roman Emperor Claudius. Head templates: {{head|la|letter|||||lower case|ⱶ|||sc=}} Ͱ (lower case ⱶ), {{la-letter|lower=ⱶ}} Ͱ (lower case ⱶ)
  1. Used to represent the so called sonus medius, a short vowel sound between U and I before labial consonants in Latin words such as optumus and optimus, later used as a variant of y in inscriptions for Greek upsilon (as in Olympicus), possibly inspired by an early form of the spiritus asper. Tags: letter Related terms: Ⅎ ⅎ, Ↄ ↄ
    Sense id: en-Ͱ-la-character-rI2Qy-nJ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms in nonstandard scripts

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