ogonekn.
/ɒˈɡɒnɛk/, U.S. /ɔˈɡɔnɛk/, /ɑˈɡɑnɛk/ A diacritic resembling a hook (˛), which is placed beneath a letter.The ogonek is used in Polish to indicate nasalization of a vowel; the diacritic also occurs in some other languages, typically (but not always) with this function.
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tittlec1384
acute accent1555
windabout1589
cerilla1591
cedilla1599
acute1609
circumflex1609
grave1609
diaeresis1611
dialysis1665
dot1693
short accent, mark1704
long mark1729
síneadh fada1768
macron1851
macrotone1880
tilde1915
umlaut1938
fada1981
ogonek1981
1981 Yellow Bk. (Internat. Telecommunication Union) VII. Fasc. VII.2 i. ii. 94 These diacritical marks, and their coded representations, are: Acute accent..Ogonek..[etc.].
1995 F. de Laguna Tales from Dena iv. 78 An ogonek or hook (˛) under a vowel indicates that it is nasalized.
2002 A. Twardoch in J. D. Berry Lang. Culture Type 155 In uppercase Ę, ogonek should be attached at the baseline near the right part of the baseline stroke.
2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 19 July A few manual typewriters, including..an Olympia Monica with a standard QWERTY keyboard supplemented by exotic Polish diacritics such as the kreska, ogonek and superior dot.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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