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Blend of schwa + u. Alteration of vowel in the word schwa to more closely approximate the sound described.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
schwu
Today it means: An indeterminate near-close central rounded vowel sound, such as the "u" in "awful" or the initial "o" in "omission", depending on the accent; sometimes represented as [[[ɵ]]] in IPA or [[[ᵿ]]] in para-IPA. Full definition →