vō

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"

Livonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɒːˀ/, [ˈvɒːˀ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *vaha.

Noun

vǭ’

wax

Declension

Declension of **vǭ’** (13)
	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	vǭ’	vǭ’d
genitive (genitīv)	vǭ’	vǭ’d
partitive (partitīv)	vǭ’dõ	vǭ’ḑi
dative (datīv)	vǭ’n	vǭ’dõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	vǭ’kõks	vǭ’dkõks
illative (illatīv)	vǭ’zõ	vǭ’ži
inessive (inesīv)	vǭ’sõ	vǭ’ši
elative (elatīv)	vǭ’stõ	vǭ’šti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *vakto.

Noun

vǭ’

foam, froth

Declension

Declension of **vǭ’** (13)
	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	vǭ’	vǭ’d
genitive (genitīv)	vǭ’	vǭ’d
partitive (partitīv)	vǭ’dõ	vǭ’ḑi
dative (datīv)	vǭ’n	vǭ’dõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	vǭ’kõks	vǭ’dkõks
illative (illatīv)	vǭ’zõ	vǭ’ži
inessive (inesīv)	vǭ’sõ	vǭ’ši
elative (elatīv)	vǭ’stõ	vǭ’šti

References

Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “vǭ’”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Mandarin

Alternative forms

vo — nonstandard

Romanization

vō (vo¹, Zhuyin ㄪㄛ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of ㄪ

Usage notes

《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. In the case of V, it is defined as ㄪㄝ, using the otherwise-obsolete initial ㄪ (vō /⁠v⁠/). This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.