Re: Interjections

I was working on my Senyecan vocabulary today (my favorite part of
conlanging) and I came upon some of the interjections.  I wondered
who else might have some interjections in their conlang.  I'm
wondering if different emotions call forth similar phonemes, e.g., is
pain always "ow"?

These are the Senyecan interjections I've discovered so far:

áa, excl. of pleasure or admiration.
aaí, excl. of wonder or surprise.
ái, excl. of disapproval or sarcasm: soon, then, apparently.
aláá, hello.
áu, excl. of pain, confusion, or anger.
eenó, behold.
eú, excl. of joy.
eÿó, excl. to get attention, hey there.
licöó, by the way. (from the verb lícöa, to leave behind)
tu' mumumélða, please, lit. I beg you.
núu, now, well now, well then, let's see now, hmmmmm.
nuu, ummm; the Spanish este.
óó, particle always used with the vocative.
tòaarnéso, amen, lit. so it may be.
vó, excl. of protest or assertion.
yú, excl. of joy.
yáá, excl. of contempt or disgust, ha!
mun ðélqa, thank you, lit., I am obliged.

The rule for pitch states that undeclinable words can never have the
primary (high) pitch, but interjections are the exception.  I suppose
it's because of the emotion involved.

Charlie

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