Definitions

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  • noun orthography : A hook-shaped diacritical mark attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.

Etymologies

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From the Polish word ogonek ("little tail").

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Examples

  • In 1979, however, two things happened almost simultaneously – a Polish Pope was elected: John Paul II, whose Polish family name included the barred l – Wojtyła, and the Solidarity movement was constantly in the news, led by a man whose name not only included a barred l, but also an ogonek reverse cedilla under a vowel letter, indicating that it is a nasalised vowel: Lech Wałęsa.

    English Polish | Linguism 2009

  • Note that the Kazakh-Cyrillic alphabet has two k's, one identical to the Russian k, the other a k with a cédille/ogonek.

    languagehat.com: IDIOCENTRISM. 2004

  • The name of Czech composer František Ignác Antonín Tůma (1704-1774) makes one immediately think, "What, no umlaut, macron, or ogonek?"

    Ionarts 2009

  • (like ogonek, cyracc) and possibly some indirectly necessary things that you'll probably know about them if you use them.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2010

  • (like ogonek, cyracc) and possibly some indirectly necessary things that you'll probably know about them if you use them.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • (like ogonek, cyracc) and possibly some indirectly necessary things that you'll probably know about them if you use them.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

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  • Ogonek (like a backwards cedilla, on the lower-right of a character). Used in Polish on the letters `a' and `e' to change their quality and nasalise them. - Everything.com

    April 30, 2008

  • "ogonek" in Polish is a diminutive form of the word "ogon", which means "tail" :)

    July 8, 2009