MISHPOCHA or MISHPUCHA or MISHPACHA

PRONUNCIATION: (mish-PAW-khuh, -POOKH-uh)

MEANING: noun: An extended family or clan.

ETYMOLOGY: From Yiddish mishpokhe (family), from Hebrew mishpakha (family). Earliest documented use: 1859.
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AMISH PACHA - my Pennsylvania relatives

MISHUCHA - "crazy in the head"

MIS SPOCHA - a female Vulcan

MI SHP. AHA! - ...just located my boat (pronounced "My ship. Aha!)