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prettygoodwordmishpocha (mish-POHK-uh, mish-PAW-khuh, mish-POOKH-uh) - n., an extended family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage, clan.
FWIW, my Jewish in-laws use the first pronunciation. This is from Yiddish, and given there's multiple ways to transliterate from Yiddish and multiple dialects, there are many alternate spellings, including mishpachah, mishpoche, mishpocheh, mishpucha, mishpuche, and mishpucheh, though I've only ever seen the first of those. Like many Yiddish words, it's from Hebrew, in this case mishpāḥāh (מִשְׁפָּחָה), family/clan.
---L.
FWIW, my Jewish in-laws use the first pronunciation. This is from Yiddish, and given there's multiple ways to transliterate from Yiddish and multiple dialects, there are many alternate spellings, including mishpachah, mishpoche, mishpocheh, mishpucha, mishpuche, and mishpucheh, though I've only ever seen the first of those. Like many Yiddish words, it's from Hebrew, in this case mishpāḥāh (מִשְׁפָּחָה), family/clan.
---L.
