shin2

DefinitionThe sound and movement of runny substances being sprayed out of a nose.
Sensory ModalityMOVEMENT
SOUND
Paralinguistic
Description
Accompanied by an imitative gesture.
Transcriptionɕiiin niɕa, pulatui kasna awi awi awi ɾag aɕka
Translation'Going shiiin, they would rub it across the plate, awi awi aw.'
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Thanks to Alex Rice, who identified shin as a new ideophone, and recorded this video of a traditional narrative, at Iyarina, Ecuador.

Nuckolls, Janis and Alex Rice. 2024. shin2. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=shin.

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