hir
| Pronunciation | [hiɾ] |
| Related Ideophones | hu |
| Definition | The sound of a forest spirit |
| Sensory Modality | SOUND |
| Paralinguistic Description | foregrounded by repetition and intonation. Gestures are metaphorically depictive of spatial expanse of sound |
| Transcription | kazi mikwi tukuntɕi niɾami hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ hiɾ! Aj satɕata ujangima! |
| Translation | 'We almost got eaten'(i.e. killed), he said, hir hir hir hir hir hir hir hir hir hir (it sounded) Ay! You would have heard that forest (sound) |
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Nuckolls, Janis. 2026. hir. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=hir.
