Re: onomatopoetic animal sounds

> 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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