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Topic Options #177359 - 06/12/08 09:59 PM How many syllables... Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky ...are in the word namaste, please? I don't know whether it's nah-mahst, nah-mast, or whether the e is pronounced; if so, is it a, ee, or what? Top #177360 - 06/12/08 10:05 PM Re: How many syllables... [Re: Jackie] olly old hand Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 932 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand Kia ora Jackie, I've always heard it as nuh-mus-teh. But you'd best be waiting on an expert opnion. Top #177361 - 06/12/08 10:06 PM Re: How many syllables... [Re: Jackie] twosleepy old hand Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 876 Loc: western NY http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/namaste1.html Is this it? Top #177362 - 06/12/08 10:14 PM Re: How many syllables... [Re: twosleepy] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11579 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Wow, thanks for the quick responses, you-all! Mercy--esp. from two's link, it sounds like this is far from a simple word. Top #177488 - 06/16/08 04:44 PM Re: How many syllables... [Re: Jackie] goofy member Registered: 01/06/08 Posts: 132 That description is how to pronounce it in Hindi. In English, [namaste] or [nʌmʌste] should do it. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8424 Members 16 Forums 13687 Topics 209786 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (Jackie), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 58 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 49 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 Faldage 12 Jackie 10 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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