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trema
noun
a diacritic consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.
The
Trema
is a diacritic that I have to add to the letter like an accent. So to catalog correctly your system has to offer you
Trema
and Umlaut.
" Donald Pisani,
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=MAPI.Id.0016.00627770692020203737363630303546%40MAPI.to.RFC822&output=gplain
If the tone is not falling, than a macron or is written above the vowel: mí tí¶
. " Rob Nierse,
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9909D&L=conlang&P=R8167
Etymology:
Greek á (trÄma), used for the dots on dice; via Dutch trema and French tréma.
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