English spellings/Catalogs/K

K = Kây person

Kàbul - some say '''Kabùl

'''Kadìma

Kafkaésque *Káfkə-ésk: there may be a glottal stop before '''é

Kaîser Germany = Kaîzer ''South Africa

Kaláshnikov -óff

'''kamikàzê

Kándy Sri Lanka = cándy ''sweets

kâolin *kâyəlin

kapùt unlike German 'kaputt'

Káradzic *Káradjitch

karaôkê *kariôkêy, *cárry-ôkie

Káren ancient

Kàrin modern

'''kàrma

Kashmìr Asia = cashmêre wool

Kathmandû Kátm-

Kátz person = cáts cat

kebáb makes a minimal pair with '''cabál

kêen interested, sharp = Kêane = Kêene ''persons

Kêighley *Kêithley

'''Kêith

'''Kélso

kélvin temperature = Kélvin ''person

kërb street = cürb lessen, street

kërnel centre = colonel army

kérosêne or '''kérosìne

Kërr person = cür ''dog

Kérry cf. Cãry = Cãrey (minimal pair)

'''késtrel

'''kétchup

kéttle water cf. cáttle farm (minimal pair)

Keŵ Gardens = queûe line = cûe theatre, billiards

kêy door = quaỳ port = Kêe ''person

kêyboard one word, cf. '''sêaboard

Kèynes John Maynard = '''cânes

Kêynes Milton = '''kêens

'''Kèynsham

Khachatûrian *Kachachûrian

khàkì, either syllable stressed

Khamenèì -nâ-êe

Khartoûm makes a minimal pair with cartoôn

Khmér K(ə)m-

'''Khomèini

'''kibbùtz

kíd child, goat = Kídd = '''Kýdd

Kìév *Kìyéff

Kilinóchchi: only one ch pronounced

'''kìlo

kílomêtre or kilómetre; AmE -'''er

'''kînd

kíndred -dríd

'''kíngly

Kíngsley cf. '''Mackínley

Kirkûdbright *Kəkûbry

Kíribati *Kíribàs (rendition of Gílberts)

kítsch *kítch

Kleîn = '''Clîne

kn- n-

knâve cad, cards = nâve ''church

knêad dough = nêed necessary = knêed ''knee

knêejerk one word, n-

knêel down = Nêil, etc. ''persons

Knésset - K sounded

kneŵ know = neŵ ''fresh

kníck-knáck cf. '''Níck

knîght chess, Sir *nîte = Knîght person = nîght ''dark

Knîghtley = '''nîghtly

knít wool = nít ''creature, fool

knóck *nóck, cf. '''noòk

knót tie = nót no = Knótt ''person

knôw acquaint = nô ''negative

knôw-hòw knowledge is hyphenated = nôhòw ''anyhow

knôw-nothing adjective one word

knówledge *nólij

knówledgeable *nólijəbl

knôwn cf. '''nòne

knôws know = nôse ''face

Knóx person = knócks knock, n-

Köestler, first syllable = BrE '''cürse

koòky eccentric = coòkie ''cake

Koràn

Korêa peninsula = BrE carêer ''job, fast

Korêan

Kósovô BrE; AmE Kôsovô, both -ss-

kowtòw *kòw-tòw

Krāft person = crāft ''skill

kràùtróck *cròutróck, not capitalised

Kuîper bélt Kî-

Kürt person = cürt ''abrupt

'''Kuwâit

Kÿrgýz, Kyrgyzstān (Kýr- has mostly regularised to Kÿr-)

* Kyro '''Caîro