Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

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

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)

-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.

covetous

/ˈkʌvətəs/ adjective

adjective Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

Synonyms

From Middle English coveitous, from Anglo-Norman *cuveitus, from Medieval Latin as if *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (“desire”); see covet.

adjective Very desirous; eager to obtain; --used in a good sense. [Archaic]
adjective Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; --in a bad sense.

Etymology [OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See Covet, v. t.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “covetous”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

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

लाषुक lāṣuka or ī, am , covetous, greedy.
गर्धन gardhana or gardhita, as, ā, am, covetous, greedy.
अलोलुप a-lolupa free from desire; not greedy or covetous, apathetic.
गृध्नु gṛdhnu eager; greedily desirous of, greedy, covetous, cupidinous;
गर्धिन् gardhin desirous, greedy, covetous; pursuing or following with eagerness.
अलुब्ध a-lubdha or a-lubhyat, an, antī, at , Vedic moderate, content, not covetous.
स्पृहयालु spṛhayālu disposed to be desirous or envious of, wishful, desirous, eager for, covetous, cupidinous.
लिप्सु lipsu wishing to gain or obtain, desiring to become possessed of (with acc.), eager for, desirous of, covetous.