Bamum Letter Phase-E Gbeux

It is a Phase-E Bamum sign, not a modern word.

Bamum writing developed from 1896 to 1910, largely under King Ibrahim Njoya. Njoya first imagined signs for objects and actions as a memory aid. Over successive phases, the system was simplified through the rebus principle: a sign for a thing could be reused for a word that sounded like its name. It developed into A-ka-u-ku, the modern Bamum syllabary, where each basic sign represents a syllable.

How should I read 𖦵 in a historical text?

Read the Phase-E source; do not assume a modern match.

Phase E is an earlier stage in Bamum's development; modern Bamum uses Phase G. Some signs were removed or assigned different values between stages, so an old sign cannot be converted by matching its name alone. Unicode preserves earlier characters for historical texts without defining automatic conversion to Phase G. Read 𖦵 in its source context or use a transcription that identifies the phase.

These older forms belong in historical texts and specialist work in linguistics and history; modern Bamum writing uses the later Phase-G form.