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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kali

/ˈkæli/ noun, proper noun

  1. noun The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
  2. noun Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
  3. noun Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
  4. noun A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
  5. proper noun (Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.
  6. proper noun A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.
  7. proper noun (Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.
  8. proper noun (homeopathy) A potassium salt.

Synonyms

arnis eskrima Mahakali Kali Maa Kali Ma Maa Kali Kalipurush Kali Purush Kalpurush saltwort barilla glasswort kelpwort Salsola kali Salsola soda

Etymology

From Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.

Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.

Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1).

From Sanskrit काली (kālī) or कालिका (kālikā).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The last and worst of the four ages of the world; --considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000 years.
  2. noun The black, destroying goddess; --called also Doorga, Anna Purna.
  3. noun The glasswort (Salsola Kali).

Etymology [Skr. kali.]

Etymology [Ar. qali. See Alkali.]

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