ī

Symbol

 * 1)  transliterates Indic ई (or equivalent).
 * 1)  transliterates Indic ई (or equivalent).

Verb

 * 1)  to drink

Verb

 * 1)  to divert water course from the main waterbody.

Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Letter




Usage notes
Despite being an independent letter with its own position in the Latvian alphabet, Ī/ī, like all long vowels with macrons, is treated as a simple I/i in alphabetized lists (e.g., in dictionaries).

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to, to , to

Etymology
Letter with macron (◌̄) to signify presence of both pitches.

Symbol

 * 1)  Phonetic transcription of sound [] when it can bear either pitch.

Usage notes
Symbol is sometimes used as a letter to denote pitch in a word, but that is mostly limited to foreign or specialized dictionaries.