fawẹli

Yoruba

Alternative forms
  • fáwẹ́ẹ̀lì

Etymology

Borrowed from English vowel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fá.wɛ̀.lì/

Noun

fáwẹ̀lì

  1. vowel
    Fáwẹ̀lì mẹ́tàlá l'ó wà ní èdè Yorùbá. Fáwẹ̀lì àìránmúpè mẹ́jọ: A, E, Ẹ, I, O, Ọ, U, àti fáwẹ̀lì àránmúpè márùn-ún: AN, ẸN, IN, ỌN, UN.
    In Yoruba, there are 13 vowels. 8 oral vowels: A, E, Ẹ, I, O, Ọ, U, and 5 nasal vowels: AN, ẸN, IN, ỌN, UN.

Derived terms
  • àdàmọ̀dì-fáwẹ̀lì (“semi-vowel”)
  • àǹkóò fáwẹ̀lì (“vowel harmony”)
  • àwítúnwí fáwẹ̀lì (“assonance”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì àárín (“mid vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì àhánudíẹ̀pè (“close-mid vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì àhánupè (“close vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì àìránmúpè (“oral vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì àránmúpè (“nasal vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì àyanudíẹ̀pè (“open-mid vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì àyanupè (“back vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì ẹ̀bádò (“open-mid vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì ẹ̀bákè (“close-mid vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ (“diphthong”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì ẹ̀yìn (“back vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì iwájú (“front vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì odò (“low vowel”)
  • fáwẹ̀lì òkè (“high vowel”)
  • ìyọ́pọ̀ fáwẹ̀lì (“vowel coalescence”)

See also

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