kukuli
| Pronunciation | [kukuli] |
| Definition | The sad sound of a bird flying by itself |
| Sensory Modality | Emotion SOUND |
| Paralinguistic Description | May be pronounced with expressively drawn out final syllable, and gesture of bird's flying motion |
| Transcription | kukuliiiiii kukuliiii kukuliii kantag aŋ ʎakiɕa |
| Translation | kukuliiiiii kukuliiii kukuliii it is a singer, being sad (while flying) |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2025. kukuli. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=kukuli.
