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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jewfish

noun

Forms jewfishes

  1. noun Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish)
  2. noun Johnius australis (bottlenose jewfish)
  3. noun Lateolabrax japonicus (Japanese seabass)
  4. noun Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)
  5. noun Argyrosomus regius (meagre)
  6. noun Tandanus tandanus (eel-tailed catfish, freshwater jewfish, dewfish)
  7. noun Glaucosoma hebraicum (West Australian dhufish, Westralian jewfish, western jewfish)
  8. noun Glaucosoma buergeri (Westralian jewfish)

Synonyms

mulloway Sciaena antarctica Mycteroperca bonaci

Etymology

For Australian fish such as Argyrosomus species, jewel and fish; see jewie. For New World species, from 17th century Jamaican English and refers to the kosher status of the Atlantic goliath grouper from at least 1697 onwards, likely as a derogatory term despite Jamaican Jews being treated better in the rule of the English than the Spanish rule.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw.
  2. noun A similar gigantic fish (Stereolepis gigas) of Southern California, valued as a food fish.

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