Re: Pain sounds (was: Re: A DISTURBING proposal!)

On 8 Feb, Roger Mills wrote:

>No language is complete without a good set of interjections!  Here are some
>in Kash-- some are contractions of normal words, note that most have
>anomalous final stress, and a few violate the phonology:
>  ahá oho! (gotcha!)
>  ahú ~hu:   ouch! (stronger than yahá)
>  alé(ñ) OK, good, agreed
>  añ: oof! (great effort)
>  ará mi... come on..., let’s....
>  ayi, awu oh! (dismay, surprise, disappointment) [aj, aU]
>  ayó ~yo hey! hey, you!
>  ayoti look out! pay attention! careful! (alerting to danger)
>  capór get out!, beat it! scram!
>  cit ~cicít  ssh! quiet!
>  coss (cosá) go on! you’re kidding!
>  e:, eya, ena well then, now then; ená what have we here?
>  ehé aha! (triumph, discovery)
>  felísh idiot! stupid!
>  fuf   shit! oh, shit! (rude)
>  fufu, fufi nursery term for BM
>  huf ~hufa oof! (effort)
>  kaná thingy, whatchacallit (when you can’t remember a word)
>  kayati (~kyati) y’know?
>  ki ~ikí~kikí eek! yikes! (mild fright)
>  kok crazy!
>  mishi nursery/common term for urinate
>  na ~aná oh..., well....(the all purpose hesitation syllable)
>  ñu:  ick, yuck
>  pupu... tsk tsk (shame on you)
>  rash damn! dammit! (forcefully [xraS])
>  ritá here’s...., here it is (voici)
>  riyá there’s..., there it is (voilà)
>  shambi oh god! Omigod! Ye gods!
>  shishi nursery term for "sleep"
>  shush(u) too bad; sorry (sympathy)
>  tiká(s) look! behold!
>  tikasti pay attention! watch!
>  tití  bye-bye, ta-ta
>  trok   fuck! fuck it! (rude)
>  u: ~u:wa ooh (pleasant surprise), wow
>  yacít shut up! (rude)
>  yahá ~yah ouch!
>  yam run!
>  yup ~yuyúp hurry up! move it!
>Finally there's ñar 'to roar' > ñarararrrr..., the full-volume roar the
Kash
>give out at times of great emotion, happiness, anger, grief, what have you.

It looks like a pretty good set to me. ;-)
Actually, I think it's great! Now _that's_ what I call inspiring!

Dan Sulani
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