mbuna pernounsiation

[fufanu360]

I've always sorta wondered how u pronounce MBUNA, as in the lake mbuna cichlids... i always say it as ma-boo-nah...am i rite?


how about kenyi cichlids? ive got no idea on that one

 

[corykitty516]

hey while we are at it ... i'm the idiot of pronouncing words... how are you supposed to say "chichlid"

 

[Tempestuousfury]

This, I can help you with. "sick-lid"

My takes on the others :
Boon-a
Ken-yi

 

[corykitty516]

This, I can help you with. "sick-lid"

My takes on the others :
Boon-a
Ken-yi

hee hee ... I thought it might be something that sounds like "chicklet" Isnt that a kind of bubble gum?

gotta love those silent "m's" too

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Chiclet.

Spanish: chicle = gum.

 

[Becca]

According to the Cichlid book(s) I've purchased, it's Uhm-Boo-Na. As for Cichlids, obviously, it's SICK-lid. (Before I really knew what they were, I used to have the hardest time with that one...I'd always manage saying See-Hi-Lids...LMFAO)

 

[Puffer_freak]

Sick-lids
muh-boon-ah (thats how I say it)

Mbu?
Muh-boo I guess....

 

[jflowers]

I thought it was 'mmmm boon arr'

Jon

 

[freddyk]

The way it is pronounced is what becca said

UM-BOO-NA. No silent letters in this one.

 

[sylvia]

Yep - that's how I say it too
um-boo-na

 

[dothedew]

If there's an M at the beginning, then I think that you put a U sound at the beginning.

Mbu - Umboo
Mbuna - UmBooNa

While we're on the subject, why don't we talk about the way you spelled pronunciation .

Edit: KenYee

 

[freddyk]

Also keep in mind latin pronounciation has nothing to do with it, mbuna is of a local African dialect meaning 'rock dweller'.

 

[fufanu360]

If there's an M at the beginning, then I think that you put a U sound at the beginning.

Mbu - Umboo
Mbuna - UmBooNa

While we're on the subject, why don't we talk about the way you spelled pronunciation .

Edit: KenYee

hehe sorry, big word for me... shoulda spell checked it i guess haha