How do you pronounce Miqo'te?

Been trying to figure this out for a while... but yeah how do you pronounce it? I have been saying "Mico-Tay" and I'm usually horribly wrong with this kinda thing lol

More or less like that. I put the emphasis on the "qo" part, with a glottal stop for the apostrophe (i.e. similar to the short pause in the middle of "uh-oh").

In IPA symbols, something like /mi:'koʔtɛ/ is how I say it myself. My main uncertainty is the exact quality of the final e sound.

"My cutie", obviously. :p
Honestly though, since it's Squeenix we're talking about I'm pretty sure it'd be something close to how a Japanese person would pronounce "mikote".

Me-quote.

Just because I can and it annoys the hell out of people.

I've always pronounced it "mee-CO-tay"

I read it as if it were latin.

I've been calling them "Me-coat".

I just want to know how to pronounce some of those names the npcs have in Limsa, that look like gold sellers names. ;)

Miqo'te = Miko? /Think

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Originally Posted by Unaki

Me-quote.

Just because I can and it annoys the hell out of people.

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All my rage.

Me-Ko Tay iirc that is how the devs/Yoshi described the proper way.

M(mmm)- e (short e, like in 'leg') - co(like in coa-t)- tay(as in O-Tay)

Tay? As in tie?

From "te", just how exactly do you get to the tie? Which language does this? None?

I've always pronounced it Me-ko-tay.

But on closer inspection, it ends te, not té, implying Me-ko-tee

Cat Ladies

Me-ko-tay. I usually just call them Mithra's.. Always get mixed up anyway!

Cat.

But seriously, the apostrophe makes it three syllables so, Mih-KO-tee. Softer Mih on the first part, stress on the second syllable, soft t in tee (As in Italy and not Italian). Tee could be like "tay" depending on how accents are used in the language of origin, especially if the devs said it that way. But I think Tee sounds better and flows more naturally, unless they were going for something that rhymes with "Don Quixote". In which case I wouldn't have used an apostrophe, myself.

Mithra.
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