Hi Caroline My thought is that based on our current of HCM, I would romanize it as "Aḥosn"
"Use Weinreich and Niborski as guides for romanization of vowels and most consonants. However, differentiate between כ/ח and תּ/ט, כּ/ק with the underscore dots and transcribe final ה with an “h.” When Weinreich offers a choice of romanizations, the first is adopted. If a Hebrew two-word expression is written as two words in a Yiddish context, this spacing is imitated in the romanization. Hebrew Script Weinreich Niborski ALA-LC Romanization טוב יום YONTEV/YONTEF יאָנטעװ yon ṭev Kiper Yin יאָנקיפּער/יאָמקיפּער YONKIPER/YINKIPER יום כיפור הסופר עזרא -- -- Ezra ha-Soyfer. I could not locate "חתן" in Weinrich so I went to Niborski. Just my thoughts. best, Heidi ________________________________ From: Heb-naco <heb-naco-boun...@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Miller, Caroline via Heb-naco <heb-naco@lists.osu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 9:36 AM To: HEB-NACO List Posting (heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu) <heb-n...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> Subject: [Heb-NACO] Yiddish romanization question All, I have a Yiddish literary work published in Vilna in 1897. The first word in the title is אחתן with patah under א, kamats under both ח and ת. The copy I see for a later edition romanizes it as “Aḥos̀n” but I don’t know how the nikud appeared All, I have a Yiddish literary work published in Vilna in 1897. The first word in the title is אחתן with patah under א, kamats under both ח and ת. The copy I see for a later edition romanizes it as “Aḥos̀n” but I don’t know how the nikud appeared on that piece. Wouldn’t my piece be romanized “Aḥos̀on?” because of the two successively appearing kamatsim? Wishing you all a happy Sukkot! Caroline Caroline R. Miller Team Leader, Discovery Team UCLA Library Resource Acquisitions and Metadata Services 2400 Life Sciences Building 621 Charles E Young Drive South Box 957230 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
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