pis
| Pronunciation | [pis] |
| Related Ideophones | tsyun3 |
| Definition | The angry, warning sound of a hummingbird' |
| Sensory Modality | Cognition Emotion SOUND |
| Paralinguistic Description | Pronounced with a high pitched urgency and accompanied by hand gestures imitating the bird's movement |
| Transcription | ɲukantɕita 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.
