dzir
| Pronunciation | [dziɾ] |
| Related Ideophones | dzar, dzir, dzyuw, tsiri |
| Definition | A frictional sliding movement |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic
MOVEMENT
VISUAL |
Paralinguistic
Description | Intonationally foregrounded with higher or lower pitch. Speakers may use both hands to gesture the frictional sliding movemens depicted by dzir, or they may use one hand to stand for the unmoved surface, while the other moves across that surface.
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| Transcription | dziɾ dziɾ dziɾ dziɾ dziɾ aʎpaga kasnaɕi kuyuɾiŋ ɲa |
| Translation | ‘And the earth, then it shook going dzir dzir dzir dzir dzir’ |
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| Transcription | masna hawama rikpi tɕi paj wataɕa dziɾ dziɾ ɾiuɕka . . . |
| Translation | No matter how high (the water) rose, what he had tied (slid along the steering pole, going) dziɾ dziɾ . . . |
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| Transcription | kaj kuŋgagunataɕi kakuɾik aɕkawna kajwaŋ kasna dziɾ dziɾ tɕiga gostu gostu asna ak aɕkawnaj |
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| Transcription | patʃata dzir paskaʃa |
| Translation | opening the blanket dzir... |
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Nuckolls, Janis; Tod Swanson; Charles Alger. 2024. dzir. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=dzir.
