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vavoyvaD

Pronounced pretty much as written, with just two things to watch out for: the 'a' is a European 'a', pronounced as an English short 'o', as in "hot" or "fog"-- or the Spanish "la casa". The D is like a regular English D, except with the tongue pointed straight up and the tip of the tongue touching the roof of the mouth.

To break the word down, it is vav -- "father", plus the noun suffix -oy, which expresses endearment, and so is the difference between "father" and "dad", plus the noun suffix -vaD, which means "to" or "for" or "for the benefit of".

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