a'i'lir

cough

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

ɐʔiʔliɾ

Sound out a'i'lir letter by letter:

• aɐa as in 'cup' (open, central)
• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• iiee as in 'see'
• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• lll as in 'love'
• iiee as in 'see'
• rɾlightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'

the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise; sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis (noun)

• huhsh — cough
• huhsh-tor — cough