Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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blackwater

noun, proper noun

Forms blackwaters black water

  1. noun Water that contains dark organic matter such as loam or tannins.
  2. noun (river classification) Water that is acidic and low in nutrients.
  3. noun Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
  4. noun Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
  5. proper noun A surname from Navajo used by the Navajo people.
  6. proper noun A river in Essex, which flows into the North Sea at Bradwell.
  7. proper noun A river in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire, which joins the River Loddon; the Hampshire town of Blackwater is on this river.
  8. proper noun A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, which joins the River Test.
  9. proper noun A village in St Agnes parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7346).
  10. proper noun A town in Blackwater and Hawley parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8559).
  11. proper noun A village in Arreton parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5086).
  12. proper noun Any of several rivers in Ireland:

Synonyms

brown water foul water sewage

Etymology

From black + water.

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