hwa
| Pronunciation | [hʷa] |
| Definition | sound of spirit of deceased person speaking through the monkey bird’ |
| Sensory Modality | Cognition SOUND |
| Paralinguistic Description | Undergoes repetition and is uttered with a high pitched sound |
| Transcription | jajaga hʷa hʷa hʷa hʷa matɕiŋ piɕku |
| Translation | ‘(The spirit of) my father (went) hʷa hʷa hʷa hʷa (using the monkey bird sound)’ |
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Nuckolls, Janis. 2026. hwa. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=hwa.
