How do you pronounce 'Coyote'?

[nuthatched]

How do you pronounce Coyote?

 

[Matejka]

Kai oat

 

[hayley3]

I prounounce it "Cow ote eee"

LOL I just now saw the survey at the top.

 

[deidreg]

Ki-OH-tee

Yes, we have them in CT.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

My area tends to use both when speaking of single animal. Always "tee" for plural.

 

[LizzzyJo]

I’m from Kentucky, so always said Kai-o-tee growing up, but now I have friends that say it like Kai-oat, so I use whichever one fits the story better I feel like Kai-oat is a much more cowboy, homesteader way to say it. Lol

 

[My2butterflies]

Kai oat.
And if there’s more then one, Kai oats. Lol

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

I frequently hear both ways used as well. When growing up, was taught to pronounce them "ky-oh-dee." Ive also heard them referred to as " yotes". Maybe "yote" is the Most cowboy, homesteader way to pronounce. Or maybe "yote" pronounciation is reserved for professional yote hunters, idk.

 

[mowin]

Locals around me call them kia-oats. Only those relocating from the city add the "dee". Lots of times we'll just say yote or dog.

 

[Wild-Turkey]

I usually say kai-oh-tee or yote but I think it’s mostly up to personal preference. The original pronunciation derived from the Nahuatl word coyōtl was pronounced kai-oh-tee if I remember correctly but it doesn’t really matter nowadays.