bI'reS

beginning (of a song, play, story etc.)

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

bɪʔrɛʂ

Sound out bI'reS letter by letter:

• bbb as in 'bay'
• Iɪi as in 'bit'
• 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• rrlightly trilled or rolled r
• eɛe as in 'bed'
• Sʂretroflex sh, between English 's' and 'sh'

• bertlham — ending, final portion (of a song, play, story etc.)
• namtun — beginning (of song)

HolQeD-12-2 pp.8--9 · KLINW; TDNW

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