Talk:kibboets

@Mnemosientje, Rua Do you know what syllable is usually stressed? The audio and several dictionaries have it as initial stress, but direct borrowings from Hebrew usually have ultimate stress. I think I've only heard it with ultimate stress on the rare occasions I heard the word. ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 12:49, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

I've heard both, but stress on the ultimate syllable does seem to be more common. On the other hand, I can only recall hearing the word from Dutch speakers who had a certain level of familiarity with the Hebrew language, so my sample is hardly representative. A quick search on YouTube reveals that some speakers do put the stress on the first syllable. Note that the narrator in that video, apparently unfamiliar with Hebrew, stresses the first syllable, whereas others in the same video put the stress on the final syllable. I think including both pronunciations would make sense. The <i> seems to usually be pronounced as [i] when the stress is on the final syllable, but speakers who stress the first syllable in my experience may also pronounce it as [ɪ]. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 13:18, 28 December 2018 (UTC)