ũ

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ũ U+0169, ũ
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH TILDE
Composition:u [U+0075] + ◌̃ [U+0303]
Ũ
[U+0168]
Latin Extended-A Ū
[U+016A]

English

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Letter

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ũ

  1. (Early Modern, obsolete) The letter u with a tilde, replacing the sequence un or um.
    thũder — thunder
    trũpet — trumpet

Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ũ (upper case Ũ)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Kikuyu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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Middle French

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Letter

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ũ

  1. The letter u with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence un or um.
    aulcũ (aulcun) ― any
    tũber (tumber) ― to fall

Mirandese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ũ

  1. The letter u with a tilde. Used to indicate nasalisation
    ũaone, a (feminine)
    algũasome

Usage notes

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The letter is often written without the tilde due to the fact that it is hard to get the letter digitally. Even though it is accepted to write it without the tilde, it isn't necessarily correct to do so.

Old French

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Letter

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ũ

  1. The letter u with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence un or um.
    aucũ (aucun) ― any
    mũd (mund) ― world

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Letter

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ũ

  1. The letter u with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence un or um or to indicate the nasalisation of the vowel /u/.
    ũuone, a (masculine)
    ũaone, a (feminine)

Romagnol

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Romagnol numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: un, ũ
    Ordinal: prèm

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ũ

  1. one

References

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