chyuw1
| Pronunciation | [tɕʲuw] |
| Definition | To cut something completely off of or apart from something else; To be completely fissured. To cease an activity. |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational
MOVEMENT > Haptic
MOVEMENT
VISUAL |
Paralinguistic
Description | Typically pronounced with a pitch that is higher than surrounding utterance. Usually accompanied by a hand gesture that depicts a cutting movement |
| Transcription | kajtaɕi tɕʲuw tɕʲuw pitiɕaɕi apamuɕka |
| Translation | And right here, cutting it off chyuw chyuw, he brought (the pieces) of it. |
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| Transcription | tɕʲuw tɕʲuw tɕʲuw win suɾkuɕa katɕaɾiɕka |
| Translation | (Cutting)chyuw chyuw chyuw and taking everything out, he released it |
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| Transcription | kaj hundatɕiɕa tɕʲuw tɕʲuw pititɕaga |
| Translation | Filling it up and cutting chyuw chyuw |
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| Transcription | tuksigunaga tɕʲuw tɕʲuw tɕʲuw tɕʲuw tɕʲuw; amaɾunda pitiɕa apaɕkawna |
| Translation | the ones who had speared it chyuw chyuw chyuw chyuw chyuw, cutting up the anaconda they took it |
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| Transcription | tɕasna ɾaj tukurantɕi tɕi kutɕaj; tɕimandaga tɕʲuw anzeloɕa puɾinata sakiɾani |
| Translation | So that's what happened to us at that pond; from then on chyuw! I completely gave up fishing with hooks while traveling. |
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| Transcription | tɕi waɾmiga tɕʲuw pitikta waɲunga niɾa; tɕi waɕa pajʎata ajʎuguna ʎakiɾiŋgawna niɾa |
| Translation | As for that girl, she will die (as if) completely cut (off) chyuw! (from life) he said. Only after that, will her family members love her (this poor deceased one), he said.' |
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| Transcription | wanguta apiɕami tɕʲuw pitiuɾani |
| Translation | Taking a bundle (of Leaves) and I was cutting them chyuw (right off) |
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| Transcription | amaɾunda ɲuka paj tɕupata pitiŋga ɾawni. Tɕiga tɕʲuw waktaɕkaŋ. Kajʎata riki (pɧɧu) |
| Translation | I'm about to chop the anaconda's tail. So then, with having cut it chyuw, (right off) right here, look! (Gestures action of snake's body almost hitting her face as it retracts into the tree tops above her.) |
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| Transcription | tuɾi sesaɾbi paktaɕka tɕigama tɕʲuw tɕʲuw tɕʲuw taɾuga wawa rukuta tɕajma surkuɕkawna |
| Translation | She arrived at Cezar's. They had gotten as far as cutting up the deer chyuw chyuw chyuw, the large baby (inside) they had taken out and put to the side. |
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| Transcription | umata tɕuɾakpi tɕʲuw hii maŋ |
| Translation | Having put the head (that was cut off) chyuw, just like that offer it (to them). |
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| Transcription | pawɕi ɕamukga pajga atun siŋgajuk mawn pawɕiga tɕiɕaŋ pajba atɕa tɕʲuw tɕʲuw tɕʲuw tɕajma tɕajma tɕajma iɕkandita suɾkuɕka |
| Translation | So the pawshi bird comes. He is a large beak possessor. (his beak), they say is his ax. So he goes chyuw chyuw chyuw, (cutting them loose) and there and there, both are released. |
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| Transcription | tɕasnata Liticia kaspita tɕʲuw pitiɕaga ʎakiʎa wakta |
| Translation | Just like that, Liticia, cutting a stick off chyuw, and sadly she hits (at the sloth) |
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| Transcription | tɕi ɕuk ɾunaga kaj tɕakiwi kajbi tɕakiwi pitiɾiɕka paj ɾumi tɕaɾi pitiɾiɾa paj imaj pitiɾiɾa kaj pitiɾiɕka tɕʲuw tɕasna tukuɕaga kasnama pajba |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2024. chyuw1. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=chyuw.
