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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coo

UK /kuː/ · US /ku/ noun, verb, interjection

Also a form of cool

Forms coos cooing cooed

  1. noun The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.
  2. noun (figurative) An expression of pleasure made by a person.
  3. verb (ambitransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, similar to a dove or pigeon.
  4. verb (intransitive) To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.
  5. interjection An expression of approval, surprise, etc.

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Dutch koeren.

Imitative.

Clipping of cool. Compare foo (“fool”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.
  2. verb To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." Byron.

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “coo”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “coo” (best matches first).