Re: CHAT: mosquitoes [was: Re: CHAT: Texas weirdness [was Re: CHAT: Californian secessionists] [was Re: Likin...]
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 8, 2001, 1:44 |
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On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 17:28:40 EDT, J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> wrote:
> Any conlang onomatopoeia in respect to mosquitoes and other sound-making
>insects?
> Other than insect noise onomatopoeia, what other forms of sound-symbolism
>do your conlangs have (i.e. how do cats, dogs, birds, rodents, etc. "sound")?
>Any "buzz" (influence) from machinery, electronic devices, mass media, etc on
>your conlangs - how much of an impact does technology have on your conlangs'
>sound-symbolism?
The Tirelhat word for mosquito is "zizi", from the sound of mosquitoes
buzzing around back and forth near your ears.
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