ொ
«ொ» is diacritic of Tamil, the “Tamil script” script, read as “-o”. Short 'o': கொ — 'ko'. The letter is taken into brackets from both sides. The Tamil alphabet has 49 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. On a carrier the character looks like this: கொ. It appears, for example, in the word “திரும்பச் சொல்லுங்க” — please say that again.
In short
| Character | ொ |
| Sound | -o |
| What it is | diacritic |
| On the carrier | கொ |
In our course the character comes 46th of 49: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are ை and ோ, appears in 281 words of this site.
How it sounds
Short 'o': கொ — 'ko'. The letter is taken into brackets from both sides
The character in the “the vowel signs and the pulli” group
Shown on க (ka): a vowel sign is not written on its own. From கா the 'k' must be subtracted in one's head — and the very vowel the sign means remains. The signs 'e', 'ee' and 'ai' are written to the left of the letter although they sound after it, and 'u' and 'uu' fuse with it into a new sign.
Words with this character
- திரும்பச் சொல்லுங்கtirumbac solluṅgaplease say that again
- ரொட்டிroṭṭibread
- இது ரொம்ப விலைidu romba vilaithis is expensive
- கொஞ்சம் குறைக்க முடியுமா?koñcam kuṟaikka muḍiyumā?can it be cheaper?
- இன்னொண்ணுiṉṉoṇṇuone more
- மொத்தம்mottamin total
- தொண்டைtoṇḍaithroat
- பொலிஸை கூப்பிடுங்கpolisai kūppiḍuṅgacall the police
- தொடாதீங்கtoḍādīṅgadon't touch
- தொழில்toḻilprofession
- இன்னொரு தரம் விளக்குங்கiṉṉoru taram viḷakkuṅgaexplain it once more
- கையொப்பம்kaiyoppamsignature
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound, see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 49 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Tamil character ொ read?
As “-o” — it is diacritic of the “Tamil script” script. Short 'o': கொ — 'ko'. The letter is taken into brackets from both sides.