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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footing

/ˈfʊtɪŋ/ noun

Also a form of foot

Forms footings

  1. noun A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
  2. noun A standing; position; established place; foothold.
  3. noun A relative condition; state.
  4. noun (dated) A tread; step; especially, a measured tread.
  5. noun (rare) A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail.
  6. noun Stability or balance when standing on one's feet. “He lost his footing and fell down.”
  7. noun (by extension) Mental stability or balance.
  8. noun The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

Synonyms

rootstock terms basis ground foothold

Etymology

From Middle English fotyng; equivalent to foot + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascent, every stfooting and help to the next. Holder.
  2. noun Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.

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

Sanskrit

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