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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northerly

UK /ˈnɔːðəli/ · US /ˈnɔɹðɚli/ noun, adjective, adverb

Forms northerlies

  1. noun A northerly wind (that is, a northern wind, which blows from the north or northerly).
  2. adjective Facing the north; directed towards the north. “a northerly voyage”
  3. adjective Located in a northern region.
  4. adjective Coming from the north. “a northerly wind”
  5. adverb In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.
  6. adverb From the north.

Synonyms

boreas northwind norther northly north wind northern north northwards northward

Antonyms

auster southerly

Etymology

From norther + -ly.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
  2. adverb Toward the north.

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

Sanskrit

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