àmì ohùn
noun
/à.mĩ̀ ō.hũ̀/
Definitions
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tone mark
Ẹ fi àmì ohùn s'órí "orilẹ-ede". "Orílẹ̀-èdè": re-mí-dò-dò-dò. Put the tone marks on the word "orilẹ-ede (country)". "Orílẹ̀-èdè (country)": mid-high-low-low-low.Yoruba tone marks: Putting tone marks on Yoruba words is important.Kinds of thisPossibly kinds of thisàmì ohùn àárinmid-tone mark Wiktionary points at “àmì ohùn àárin”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “àmì ohùn àárín”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “àmì ohùn àárin” may be a word nobody has written up yet. àmì ohùn àárín mid-tone mark (◌̄), which is unmarked in Yoruba orthography except in cases of a tone-bearing nasal that may be ambiguous eg: gban̄gba
Etymology
From àmì (“sign, symbol, marking”) + ohùn (“tone”).
Used in
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ami ohun”.
Reference:
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