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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

thump

/θʌmp/ noun, verb

Forms thumps thumping thumped

  1. noun A blow that produces a muffled sound.
  2. noun The sound of such a blow; a thud.
  3. noun (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. “Where the thump have you been?!”
  4. noun (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
  5. verb (transitive, chiefly UK) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
  6. verb (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound. “The cat thumped its tail in irritation.”
  7. verb (intransitive) To thud or pound.
  8. verb (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound. “Dance music thumped from the nightclub entrance.”
  9. verb (intransitive) (of a rabbit) to hit the ground with the back legs to signal agitation.

Synonyms

bump thumping clump clunk thud beat pound poke

Etymology

Mid 16th century, probably imitative.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
  2. noun A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
  3. verb To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
  4. verb To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.

Etymology [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v.t.]

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

Sanskrit

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