e caudata
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈiː.kaʊˈdɑːtə/, /ˈiː.kɔːˈdeɪtə/
Noun

e caudata

  1. A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
    1. Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.
    2. Used in Middle Irish and Irish for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.



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