patak
| Pronunciation | [patak] |
| Definition | The sound and movement of hitting a surface / Sound and movement of fish leaping up and falling down in a canoe |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic MOVEMENT SOUND VISUAL |
| Paralinguistic Description | Rapid repetitions accompanied by up and down hand movements |
| Transcription | tɕiga itɕiʎa kay tupuʎa akta kanoama ɕitaɕka; tɕiga patak patak patak kanoa ukwima |
| Translation | ‘So then, as it was just this big, he threw it in the canoe, and then patak patak patak patak (it flopped) inside the canoe.’ |
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| Transcription | paj ɕamuɕa patag waɲutɕiɕa itɕuɾa sindʑi ɾunaga patag waɲtɕina kaspita pitiɕa // patag // |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2025. patak. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=patak.
