chem
| Pronunciation | [tɕem, tɕəm, tɕam] |
| Definition | The appearance of something that is interspersed throughout a visual field, such as fruit or pods distributed all over a tree or bush; To break or be broken off of something else, often resulting in an uneven or ragged-appearing rupture, as happens when no sharp tools are used. |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational MOVEMENT > Haptic MOVEMENT Pattern VISUAL |
| Paralinguistic Description | Usually pronounced at a higher pitch than surrounding utterance , and often accompanied by a sweeping gesture |
| Transcription | pasota paʎaɕa kuwai, 'tuɾi ɾikuk ɕamwi: tɕem! apaɾiɕkami ɕajawŋ' niɾa |
| Translation | 'Harvesting those pasu fruits, give to me' she said 'come and look brother! They are chem (all over the tree)!' |
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| Transcription | tɕasna hatuŋ hatuŋ tukukpi wagɾa mikuŋga? // Mana! Ndaja piɾu tɕem tɕem pakiɕa mikuŋga |
| Translation | Nuckolls: (when the grasses) grow tall like that do the cows eat them? Cadena: No, well yes, breaking them chem chem they'll eat them |
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| Transcription | paj kaspita tɕəm pakiɕa [motion] ɕuk ɾandi apiɾa, ɾiki! [motion] wax wax umaj apiɕa takaŋ |
| Translation | He, the stick chem (roughly) breaking, he grabbed another instead, look. Then wax wax (hitting above him). Catching his head, it hits |
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| Transcription | kaspita kutɕiʎu iʎag kaspita apiɕa usuɕina tɕam pakinawn |
| Translation | Grabbing the stick, lacking a knife, taking the stick, like a bear (strongly) they break it off chem (roughly). |
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| Transcription | tɕajga tsag tsag tsag imaɕinta ajtɕa jajkuɕkata dzas mana suɾkwibaktɕu aŋ tɕam tɕam(pa) kilinaɕka kilinaɕka aka pakiɾiɕka |
| Translation | And so tsag tsag tsag, in the way that it's entered the flesh, it's not pull out-able. (It goes) chem chem (because) it's been incised into sections and breaks off |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2024. chem. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=chem.
