Re: onomatopeyics in conlangs

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Od: Carlos Thompson <cthompso@...>
Do: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Data: 20 listopada 1998 22:33
Temat: onomatopeyics in conlangs


>And a lot of different sounds for different cultures.  I would like to
>know how the following onomatopeyics are render in different
>nat/conlangs...

POLISH, the natlang
(PL:)
>
>   animal     onomatopeyic
> description     sound
     singing bird
     ptak s'piewaja,cy   c'wir  /cfir/


     goose
     ge,s'       ge,       /ge~/

     duck
     kaczka      kwa       /kfa/

>    dog         guau      /gwaw/
PL:  pies        hau       /hau/

>    cat         miau      /mjaw/
PL:  kot         miau      /mjau/

>    rooster     kikiriki' /ki.ki.ri'ki/
PL:  kogut       kukuryku

     hen
PL:  kura        ko, ko    /kO/

     sheep
PL:  owca        meeee     /mE?E?E?E/

     goat
PL:  koza        meeee     /mE?E?E?E/

     cow
     krowa       muuuu     /mu:/

>    pig         oing|oinc /oiNg/ /oiNk/
PL:  s'winia     chrum     /hrum/


>    kermit      ribit     /'rri.bit/

>    bee         bzz       /bz:/ (odd orthography)
PL:  pszczol/a   bzzzz     /bzzzz :)/


>    gun shoot   bang      /baNg/
PL:  strzal/ z pistoletu   pif, paf ( :) )  /pif, paf/

>    explosion   pum       /pum/
PL:  eksplozja   bum       /bum/


     clock
PL:  zegar       tik, tak  /tik, tak/


>
>Has any conlang used onomatopeyics for genera vocabulary?
>
gut fu:r Tierenamen.
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