Re: onomatopeyics in conlangs

JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON wrote:
> Tokana has a number of onomatopoetic verbs for animal calls and
> other sounds:
>         sysa            "hiss"
Oh yes, I forgot to mention, in my lang Dhakrathat, "hiss" is _sas_
/sas/, from onomatopeia. This is also a general name for hissing
sounds such as fricatives (although maybe fricatives don't fit the
idea of hissing?)