Tauma.... longest word

[Ahuvah]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the name of a little hill here in New Zealand.

 

The meaning of the above title is : The mountain or hill where Tamatea , the man with the big knees ,  climber of mountains and swallower of land who travelled around, played his nose flute to his loved one.

 

This is the longest word in the English vocabulary (Maori didn't have a written language until the English came along) and second longest word for a place in the world. The longest is either Welsh or Irish - can't remember.

It has been shortened to Taumata for obvious reasons ... and is located in the Hawkes Bay which is on the East Coast of the North Island.

Just thought you guys would like some interesting trivia.

 

 

[trottigy]

I think you mispelled it   

[shali]

Wow, I thought the longest word in the English language was : pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a disease you get from breathing in volcanic ash.

[Ahuvah]

Wouldn't want that word either Shali in a spelling bee.

[shali]

Can't wait till the longest word in any language is "couldJehovahLoveUsAnyMore"?? He he!

[shali]

Wouldn't want that word either Shali in a spelling bee.

I've known that word since I was in the 6th grade because at that time I was curious as to what the longest word in the English dictionary was, funny thing, I can remember that word 40 years later but not my phone number!

[Qapla]

And here I thought the longest word was - supercaliforniasurferexpertontheocean

[Rajan]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the name of a little hill here in New Zealand.

 

 

 I can't imagine  if for a "little hill" they have such a long name, then what about  names for "large hills"   in New Zealand?

[palmhat]

I have never seen a title run off the page. But it does because it is one word.

[Ahuvah]

Yeah wasn't sure how it was going to react with that word - but it fit!

[bohemian]

I always thought the longest word in English was 'smiles'. 

 

Because there is a mile between the first and last letters!

 

 

That's really interesting trivia, Mandi.  Thanks for sharing it. 

Edited March 27, 2015 by bohemian

[timpin]

remember when it was antidisestablishmentariasim?  sp?

Edited March 27, 2015 by timpin

[Dustparticle]

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the name of a little hill here in New Zealand.

 

The meaning of the above title is : The mountain or hill where Tamatea , the man with the big knees ,  climber of mountains and swallower of land who travelled around, played his nose flute to his loved one.

 

This is the longest word in the English vocabulary (Maori didn't have a written language until the English came along) and second longest word for a place in the world. The longest is either Welsh or Irish - can't remember.

It has been shortened to Taumata for obvious reasons ... and is located in the Hawkes Bay which is on the East Coast of the North Island.

Just thought you guys would like some interesting trivia.

For a moment I thought you drank about 40 cups of coffee or you been smoking something that is green and was about a foot long. WHEW!!!

Edited March 27, 2015 by Dustparticle

[carlos]

Mandi, now you have to pronounce that word and send us the recording.

[rocket]

For a moment I thought you drank about 40 cups of coffee or you been smoking something that is green and was about a foot long. WHEW!!!

 

What convinced you otherwise? 

[Ahuvah]

Carlos wonder if I can? I'll give it a go.

 

I'll have to find a recording device the one on the puter isn't available cause im on the television screen a lot of programs don't work on this resolution. I'll get the boy to put it back onto the monitor.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Stormswift

[LindaL.]

I was looking for the pronunciation and I came across this:

https://geography.knoji.com/the-longest-place-names-in-the-english-language/

Interesting article - but no pronunciation. So come on Mandi! It's up to you!

[2EVES]

pronunciation.... https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cu9apSZWiiY

Edited March 28, 2015 by YTONEY93

[LindaL.]

Thank you, Yvette!

And this one showed up after yours:

https://youtu.be/bOb-XPZjUDA

[2EVES]

Look what you've started Stormswift     It gets crazier.....The Longest Word in the World (Chemical name of TITIN) - 189,819 letters:

 

 

This is funny because it takes 3hrs to pronounce it, and,the reader starts growing a beard, and around 2:09:20 the plant starts dying.     https://www.youtube.com/embed/NFR-ADakI-c?

 

 

Edited March 28, 2015 by YTONEY93

[Sheep]

Thank you, Yvette!

And this one showed up after yours:

https://youtu.be/bOb-XPZjUDA

 

Well! That's easy for him to say!

[Ahuvah]

The pronunciation is nothing like that though (the computerized one). In Maori the wh is pronounced F.

 

LindaH - that pronunciation is correct.

 

 

 

Love your post Yvette - I wonder what else we can dredge up.

Edited March 29, 2015 by Stormswift

[shali]

Man always has to make EVERYTHING so complicated!  Can't wait till Jehovah takes us back to the language he intended for us to speak , I'm sure it's much simplier and filled with much more meaning per word than anything man could conjure up. (I realize a lot of you feel that is "Hebrew" - I was just refraining from saying anything in a dogmatic way since that is something yet to been seen)

Edited March 30, 2015 by shali

[MzT]

Wow at that word.

[Allabord4Jah]

I love to learn to say that word in Hebrew in the future!