The yod is not a consonant in this case, so there’s no ‘y’. I would go with 
dait, as per the HCM for double yod. If it’s the first 5 words, you could also 
add deit (as though it’s a Yiddish word).

From: Heb-naco [mailto:[email protected]] 
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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 4:28 PM
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Subject: [Heb-NACO] vocalizing a word question

Dear colleagues:

How would you vocalize דייט? I could not the word in the dictionaries, nor find 
it vocalized in worldcat, nor on the internet. The word is pronounced as “date” 
as going out on a date. I have Romanized it as “deyit”.

Thanks in advance.

Haim

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