Re: OT: Animal-sound ideophones (was Re: OT: Junk)
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 14, 2003, 2:41 |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:20:24 -0400, Isidora Zamora <isidora@...>
wrote:
>It has occurred to me to wonder how many of you have invented any
>animal-sound ideophones for your conlangs? If you have, how did you come
>up with them?
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>Isidora
Tirelat has words for the sounds that gerbils make: juik "squeak", tjyk
"chirp", and borok "thump". The "squeak" and "chirp" are faint high-pitched
vocalizations, and the "thump" is a warning noise made by stamping the hind
feet two or three times in rapid succession. "Juik" and "tjyk" can be
generically used for other kinds of squeaky or chirpy noises, but "borok"
was specifically created for gerbil thumping.
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