kalya
| Possible Affixes | -ŋ, |
| Pronunciation | [kaʎa] |
| Related Ideophones | shaka |
| Definition | Describes a split or fissure |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational
MOVEMENT
VISUAL |
Paralinguistic
Description | Second syllable -ʎa often receives the stress and may be intonationally higher than the first syllable ka-, in order to foreground the resultative image. If the process of splitting is emphasized, then kalya will undergo repetition. |
| Transcription | kaj tɕaɾijawŋma ɾiki tɕawpitaɕi kaʎa pak ɕakʰa! |
| Translation | So if it's here, look, right in the middle (of the canoe it splits) kalya (and falls over) pak (and splits lengthwise) shaka! |
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| Transcription | kuti waktaɕkajga kaʎa! tutapiɕkuga paɾaɾaɾaɾaɾaɾaɾaɾaɾa! |
| Translation | And again hitting (it's head) kalya! (it split open) and the bats (flew out of it going) pararararararrararara! (all over) |
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| Transcription | tɕi ajtɕata ɾikus tɕasna kaʎa kaʎa paɾtiɕa mas kusaɕaga mikuɕkawna |
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Nuckolls, Janis. 2026. kalya. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=kalya.
