pis

Pronunciation[pis]
Related Ideophonestsyun3
DefinitionThe angry, warning sound of a hummingbird'
Sensory ModalityCognition
Emotion
SOUND
Paralinguistic
Description
Pronounced with a high pitched urgency and accompanied by hand gestures imitating the bird's movement
Transcriptionɲukantɕita musijatɕin: pis pis pis tɕiga ɕamuɕa ɲukantɕita makaŋgawa ɕamun
Translation‘It alerts us (by sounding angry) pis pis pis; that means he is coming in order to beat us.’
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Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2024. pis. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=pis.

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