A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH AND TELUGU ABBREVIATIONS - a. Adjective; n. Noun; pron. Pronoun; v. Verb; part. or p" Partciple; adv. Adverb; prep. Preposition; conj. Conjunction; interj. Interjection. Note - The mark "*" denotes that the head-word is repeated. Thus under Abide, in the sentence "I shall * by your decision:" that is, I shall abide, & c. THE PRONUNCIATION The vowel sounds exemplified in sentences. The Name sounds ..... Make these fine types more pure. The shut sounds .... Bad men still cross us. Occasional sounds .... Mark all her short rules The short quantity of a e i o u y \\(with the diacritic marking length occurs on the top)\\ - a, a or o, u \\(the diacritic inverted wedge occurs on the top)\\ is marked by a e i o u y -\\(with the diacritic dot on the top)\\ - a, a or o, u \\(with the diacritic crescent on the top)\\. *verbose within double slashes are introduced as equivalents to the diacritics*