Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

tiptoe

UK /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/ · US /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun

Forms tiptoes tiptoeing tiptoed tip-toe tippytoe tippy-toe

noun (usually in the plural) The tip of the toe.
adjective Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
adjective Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
verb (intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
proper noun A small village in Hordle parish and Sway parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2597).

Synonyms

From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip.

Derived from a surname of French origin recorded in the 13th century as "Typetot".

noun The end, or tip, of the toe. He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer.
adjective Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
adjective Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe step." Cowper. Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. Sir W. Scott.
verb To step or walk on tiptoe.

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

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

प्रपद pra-pada the fore part of the foot; the point of the foot, tip of the toes; ( ais ), ind. on tiptoe.
पादाङ्गुष्ठाश्रितावनि pādāṅguṣṭhāśritāvani ‘touching the ground with the toes,’ on tiptoe.