What does it sound like?

[Ferret]

When I saw it I thought: Lye-what? Then: Lye-yaks.

I makes me think of a big cat (like a leopard) crossing a small brook, with pine trees around.

 

[Conaill]

Sounds like a typo to me.

Seriously. It's not something I would even bother trying to pronounce, because I would just assume it was misspelled to begin with...

What does "kjsadyljsa" sound like to you?

 

[vulcan_idic]

My guess on pronunciation is LAIY-chahk.

I based the sound the J makes on the fact that many languages I know including spanish and german often give the J sound a breathy english h or y type sound - i.e. Jose, or Ja. The sound of the ci I chose to give the sound of the ci from ciao, for no other reason than it happened to pop into my mind. Once those were decided the a's pretty much resolved to AI and ah and syllabic stress patterns followed similarly, though both of those were simply based on personal preference.

I can't wait to hear what the real pronunciation and meaning are!

 

[Umbran]

I'm a native English speaker, but I've spent a great deal of time around folks who weren't speaking English. Without a vocal tone attached to it, I'd not try to guess what a word means.

 

[Tinner]

It sounds delicious

lajciak
I'm pronouncing it LAZH-see-ak.
The image I'm getting is a bear, and possibly a food.
Maybe a food made out of a bear?
Maybe I'm just hungry?

 

[SteelDraco]

Without knowing what language group it's supposed to be from, my initial prononcuation was the same as Tinner's, LAZH-see-ak.

Why do you ask?

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

It looks Icelandic to me... which made me think of the singer Bjork... which made me think her video for "Oh So Quiet"... which made me think of dancing mailboxes.

... but, I doubt that's got anything to do with the actual meaning. Just a hunch.

 

[Alhazred]

When I read the word, I picture a mountainous region with deep valleys and bottomless glacial lakes. I'm going to say that it means 'wilderness', with an emphasis on it's pristine and untamed nature. The word strikes me as belonging to the Slavic language group.

 

[jmucchiello]

I am interested what does the word 'lajciak' sound like (or read like) for native English speakers. Basically, when you hear (or read) the word, what image springs to your mind without any prior knowledge of what the word might mean in the language it comes from?

Well, first I assumed it was a proper name. Then I guessed it was either northern european or perhaps slavik in origin. Then I tried to pronounce it as "les CHEE ak" or "lez CHEE ak". Then I went to google and in a few minutes found a person named Roman Lajciak from Slovakia likes to post on news forums and since your handle here is Roman, I figured I was correct with my first assumption about Lajciak being a proper name. Too bad I went northern instead of eastern first.

 

[Stormborn]

As with others, I am thinking Icelandic name. If it was in a book I wouldn't even bother trying to figure it out unless I had to say it. I would just think "L." and not worry about it.

So when are you going to let us know what it means and how to say it?