ruyag
| Possible Affixes | -lya |
| Pronunciation | [ɾujag] |
| Definition | An extremely white color |
| Sensory Modality | Color |
| Paralinguistic Description | May be pronounced at a higher pitch than its utterance, and often accompanied by a sweeping gesture that depicts an expanse of whiteness |
| Transcription | ɾikukpiga ɾujaaag-ʎa umajuk apawawaɕi wamag ukwiga santoŋ tijaɕaɕi kantawɕka |
| Translation | And upon looking what he saw was an extremely white-haired little grandmother sitting upright santong in the middle of (a grove of) bamboo, and she'd been singing |
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Nuckolls, Janis. 2025. ruyag. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=ruyag.
