ŝvao

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwa, from Hebrew שווא‎ (sh'va ,š’vā, “nought”). Compare Polish szwa, Russian шва (šva), Italian schwa, scevà.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃvao]
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Hyphenation: ŝva‧o

Noun

ŝvao (accusative singular ŝvaon, plural ŝvaoj, accusative plural ŝvaojn)

  1. (phonetics) schwa (indeterminate central vowel, represented as /ə/ in IPA)
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