awi

DefinitionDepicts movement of rubbing a substance across a surface.
Sensory ModalityMOVEMENT > Haptic
MOVEMENT
Paralinguistic
Description
Accompanied by an imitative gesture.
Transcriptionɕiiin niɕa, pulatui kasna awi awi awi ɾag aɕka
Translation'Going shiiin, they would rub it across the plate, awi awi awi.'
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Commentary

Thanks to Alex Rice, who identified awi as a new ideophone, and recorded this video of a traditional narrative, at Iyarina, Ecuador.

Nuckolls, Janis and Alex Rice. 2024. awi. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=awi.

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