dawa
Pronunciation | [dawa] |
Definition | The first sound uttered by a bird as it transforms from human to bird, and also the name of that bird. |
Sensory Modality | SOUND |
Paralinguistic Description | May be pronounced with a higher pitch than surrounding utterance. Gestures of hands indicate flying motion of bird which makes this sound. |
Transcription | dawa dawa dawa dawa dawa; nika ɲa dawa piɕku tukuta riɕka |
Translation | (Saying) dawa dawa dawa dawa dawa then becoming a dawa bird, it went off |
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Transcription | chasna nishkauna pa pa pa pa dawa dawa dawa dawa dawa pishku tukusha risha |
Translation | and like that pa pa pa pa dawa dawa dawa dawa dawa he became a bird and left |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Sydney Ludlow. 2024. dawa. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=dawa.