angaran
| Definition | To be positioned with limbs extended outward |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational MOVEMENT VISUAL |
| Paralinguistic Description | Articulated while moving arms out and away from speaker's torso. Final syllable is stressed. |
| Transcription | ɾikuntɕi ɲukantɕi, ɾikukpiga lagaɾto lata ukwiga aŋgaɾaŋ siɾiŋ |
| Translation | we (actually) saw it; upon looking, the cayman was lying inside the container angarang (with its limbs extended out.) |
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| Transcription | kuɕijanawŋ tamja ɕamuŋga ɾawkpi ɾiɾondo tukuɕa kasna wagʎaɾa tukuɕami ɲa tɕibi kasna aŋgaɾaŋ aŋgaɾaŋ aŋgaɾaŋ mujuɾig anaj |
| Translation | They're becoming happy as the rain is going to come, and gathering into a flock, all clustered together, they circle around (going) angarang angarang angarang (with wings spread out) |
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| Transcription | ɾikukpi (a) ɲambiiga kasna apiɾiɕa aŋgaɾaŋ tʲuɕ ɾikuɕa |
| Translation | Upon looking, on the path, like this it was angaran (lying with arms outstretched) and tyush (with wide eyes) it looked. |
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| Transcription | tɕi paj ujaɾiun. tɕibi takakpiga ɲa aŋgaɾaŋ waɲuɕka uɾmak ag aɕkaj |
| Translation | You know how it was sounding? If someone hits it well, angaran (with limbs spread out) it falls dead. |
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Commentary
Video 1: This segment was recorded by a student on the 2013 Ecuador Study Abroad during the free conversational portion of a Quichua language class, with Louisa Cadena as language consultant, and Janis Nuckolls guiding the discussion. Video 2: This segment is taken from a discussion about the behavior of swallows in relation to rainfall. The interlocutors were Tod Swanson, anthropologist, David Pearson, a sustainability scientist from Arizona State University, and Elodia, our local Quichua consultant.
Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2024. angaran. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=angarang.
