hmm. i personally like the "Maya" romanization. this romanization might
not represent the way the word was supposed to sound, but it does account
for all of the letters present in a way that fits in with the rules of
romanization AND anticipates (correctly) the manner the average modern
reade
According to The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book the heading is Mai.
(Mem-alef-yod)
The Israeli libraries (using ketiv haser) are using the heading: Mem yod.
Yossi
At 11:56 AM 8/12/2004, you wrote:
What to do with mem-yod-yod-alef as a surname? (Cf. "Misped gadol
ve-khaved me'od," originally pu
What to do with mem-yod-yod-alef as a surname? (Cf. "Misped gadol
ve-khaved me'od," originally pub. 1811.)
No doubt the same phenomenon as in place names like "Bilgoraya" (or
however one should romanize it), ending in two yods and an alef.
I seem to remember Zachary saying that the "y-y-a" in su
