Re: onomatopoetic animal sounds

John Cowan wrote:

> J Matthew Pearson scripsit:
>
> > 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?  What of the bobcat, the lynx, and the cougar?  Surely
> the first of these at least could have an onomatopoetic word?
I meant that I had banished felis domesticus.  The others you mention
would, of course, be known to the Tokana.  The word for cougar is
"nauma".  I've toyed with using "miua" to refer to lynxes and/or bobcats,
but somehow the word sounds too 'cute' for a wild predator.

Matt.