Cavy

[Piglet]

How are you supposed to pronouce cavy?

 

[oreo33]

its a short A sound like in bath, i think

 

[Piglet]

I always pronounced it ca-vee, but apparently its cay-vee

 

[Guinea pig guy]

There's been alot of debate going on about this at my house.I always pronounced it as cay-vee also, but then I was led to believe it was pronounced as ca-vee.

 

[TinaFabulous]

what about cav-ay? I always said ca-vee but I think cav-ay sounds way cooler lol

 

[Treen]

I say cay-vee, as in rhyming with navy.

 

[MilesWaterson]

I always pronounced it ca-vee. But it turns out I was wrong. Treen is right. It is pronounced in the same way as the word navy. Take a look:

ca·vy (broken link removed) ([font=verdana,sans-serif] P [/font]) Pronunciation Key (kv)
n. pl. ca·vies

1. Any of various tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, which includes the guinea pig.
2. Any of various similar or related rodents, such as the capybara, coypu, and agouti.

https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cavy

na·vy (broken link removed) ([font=verdana,sans-serif] P [/font]) Pronunciation Key (nv)
n. pl. na·vies

1. All of a nation's warships.
2. often Navy A nation's entire military organization for sea warfare and defense, including vessels, personnel, and shore establishments.
3. A group of ships; a fleet.
4. Navy blue.

https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=navy


I notice that the use of the word cavy is correct, but is a generalisation which includes rodents other than guinea pigs.

 

[citronsoul]

I always thought it was ca-vee too. But this is because in Dutch, they pronounce it ca-via. So I just assumed the A sound was the same in English. I didn't even know they were called "cavy" until I got my first one. Until then I thought their proper name in English was guinea pig.

 

[mncavylover]

It's cay-vee, I'm sure. I looked it up on multiple sites. =)

Oh, and their proper name is cavy, not neccessarily a guinea pig. That's just a nickname.

 

[Starbucks]

yeah it sounds like the word "cave" with the "e" sound in "bee" follwing it. cave-e.

 

[Guinea pig guy]

Yup,You pronounce it as Cay-vee. I'm definetly sure now,I've seen it pronounced that way many times in many books.It's definetly pronounced as Cay-vee,not any other way.

 

[Piglet]

Tina, I like! It does sound better than cay-vee. Oh well, I'm just going to stick with cav-ee

 

[TinaFabulous]

ya me too, just thought id share that