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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bearer

UK /ˈbɛəɹə/ · US /ˈbeɹɚ/ noun, proper noun

Forms bearers

  1. noun One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
  2. noun Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
  3. noun One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment. “I promise to pay the bearer on demand.”
  4. noun A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
  5. noun A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
  6. noun (India, dated) A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.
  7. noun (India) A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
  8. noun A tree or plant yielding fruit. “a good bearer”
  9. proper noun A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms

carrier -phore pallbearer dressing-boy toter holder

Etymology

From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere (“waterbearer”)), equivalent to bear + -er.

Possibly an occupational surname for a carrier or porter, from Middle English berere, but no evidence has been found that this surname became hereditary. Alternatively, it could be a variant of other surnames, such as Berrier, Berrow, or Berard.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.
  2. noun Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.

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

Sanskrit

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

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