ka-wak-gadt'urozh-wak

autumnal equinox

Part of speech

Pronunciation

/kɐwɐkgɐdtʔuɾoʒwɐk/

Sound out ka-wak-gadt'urozh-wak letter by letter:

• k/k/k as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
• a/ɐ/a as in 'cup' (open, central)
• w/w/w as in 'way'
• a/ɐ/a as in 'cup' (open, central)
• k/k/k as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
• g/g/g as in 'go'
• a/ɐ/a as in 'cup' (open, central)
• d/d/d as in 'day'
• t/t/t as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
• '/ʔ/glottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
• u/u/oo as in 'food'
• r/ɾ/lightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'
• o/o/o as in 'go'
• zh/ʒ/s as in 'measure'
• w/w/w as in 'way'
• a/ɐ/a as in 'cup' (open, central)
• k/k/k as in 'skate' (no puff of air)

the point at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator, the sun having a southerly motion; the moment at which the sun passes through the autumnal equinox, about September 23, marking the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere