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Re: onomatopoetic animal sounds

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Friday, April 13, 2001, 22:23
> From: J Matthew Pearson > > daniel andreasson wrote: > > > Obvious ObConlang: Is there a connection between the names > > of the animals and the sounds they make in your respective > > conlangs? :) > > In Tokana, owls are "houn", frogs are "mots", and wild boar are > "sonki". The first word is clearly onomatopoetic in origin, and I > suspect the other two are as well. > > Tokana used to have an onomatopoetic word for cat, namely "miua" > [miwa], but then I banished cats, and so the word no longer exists.
Banished cats? And I so liked the Tokana. But a world without cats, oh my! David (Who has had at least one cat in his life from the day he was borne, currently has 3 and has had as many as 5 at one time)

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J Matthew Pearson <pearson@...>