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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hank

/ˈheɪ̯ŋk/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms hanks hanking hanked

  1. noun A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
  2. noun (nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
  3. noun (Ulster) Doubt, difficulty.
  4. noun (Ulster) Mess, tangle.
  5. noun A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
  6. noun (obsolete) Hold; influence.
  7. noun (wrestling) A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
  8. verb (transitive) To form into hanks.
  9. verb (transitive, UK, dialect) To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
  10. proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
  11. proper noun (archaic) A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).

Etymology

From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.
  2. noun A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]
  3. verb To fasten with a rope, as a gate. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
  4. verb To form into hanks.

Etymology [Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie, Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, hönk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. henkel, henk, handle; ar prob. akin to E. hang. See Hang.]

Etymology [OE. hanken.]

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