chala
| Pronunciation | [tɕala] |
| Related Ideophones | tsala |
| Definition | The sound heard when water flows. |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational MOVEMENT SOUND VISUAL |
| Paralinguistic Description | The second syllable is reduplicated to imitate the continuous flow of water. |
| Transcription | aɾmawkbiga, majta ujaɾiɕa aɾmawŋgguna, tɕaki- tɕalalalalala uɾmawŋja dutɕa, tɕi -- Ima ɕinata mana jatɕanga paj? Tɕimi ima ɕina? |
| Translation | So she was bathing, and in the way that it sounds wherever people are bathing, (it goes) chalalalalala (out of a) shower --Nuckolls: How is it possible that he will not realize (that she was in there)? Cadena: How will he not know? |
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Commentary
In Video 1 Luisa Cadena is noticeably upset as she relates to Janis Nuckolls the disturbing way in which a man accosted her granddaughter in a public shower as the girl was bathing.
Nuckolls, Janis. 2024. chala. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=chala.
