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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bellyband

noun

Forms bellybands belly band belly-band

  1. noun (equestrianism) A strap around the belly of a horse or other draft animal used to secure a saddle or the shafts of a cart.
  2. noun A band worn by expectant mothers to constrict and support the fetus.
  3. noun A band worn by babies to protect the navel.
  4. noun A haramaki: a band of cloth worn around the abdomen to preserve stomach qi and boost circulation.
  5. noun (nautical) A band of canvas used to strengthen a sail.
  6. noun Synonym of belly wrap (“dog diaper”).
  7. noun A type of dust jacket that covers only a portion of a book.

Synonyms

belly wrap

Etymology

From belly + band. As a Japanese article of clothing, a calque of Japanese 腹巻き (haramaki).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
  2. noun A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.

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