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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settler

UK /ˈsɛt.lə/ · US /ˈsɛt.lɚ/ noun

Forms settlers

  1. noun Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place. “the first settlers of New England”
  2. noun Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
  3. noun (colloquial) That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
  4. noun (UK) The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
  5. noun A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
  6. noun A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.

Synonyms

colonist

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
  2. noun Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.

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

Sanskrit

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