Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?

En réponse à Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:

>
> German: /ps:t/,  Swiss German /pS:t/,  Obrenje /hMs:/  (it's also the
> imperative form of the verb |cusme| "to be silent").
>
Funny enough, in French /pS:t/ is the sound of opening a bottle of something
bubbly (like a soda. For champaign we have rather "pop !" :)) ).

In Moten, the only primary interjections I know are:
aja /aja/: surprise,
eje /eje/: exclamation,
ejo /ejo/: wonder (when somebody told you something you didn't expect, or when
you're not sure you heard correctly),
daa /da:/: come on!
sii /si:/: well, ehh... (when you don't kno what to say).

Christophe.

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