piriya

Pronunciation[piɾija]
Related Ideophonestar
DefinitionThe sound of the kaka kwiling bird, also known as the tapya kwiling (portending kwiling), crying as a warning to people that someone in their midst is about to die
Sensory ModalityCognition
Emotion
SOUND
Paralinguistic
Description
High pitched pronunciation
Transcriptionujaɾiŋ? // ɲukantɕi ɾajkuga kunan tɕi tapjaɕa pajga piɾija piɾija piɾija piɾija piɾija wakag aŋja // wakaŋ? // ʔaʔa ɾuna waɲunaj tapjaɕata wakan niɾa kajga tapjajsiki (????) tapja ukwi
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Transcriptionsikwaŋga tɕimanda kwiliŋ piɾija piɾija piɾija kantan paj kwiliŋ
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Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2024. piriya. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=pirya.

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