toa
| Related Ideophones | tyam |
| Definition | The turning of something upside down, such as a canoe, a mukaha for drinking aswa |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational MOVEMENT VISUAL |
| Paralinguistic Description | Often accompanied by gestures; may have extra stress on final syllable |
Commentary
Although toa is a widely used ideophone, it doesn't occur with high frequency. This example emerged from an elicitation session on the past conditional construction at the Andes-Amazon Field School. in June, 2022. Thanks to Austin Howard for noticing and isolating the clip for video 1.
Nuckolls, Janis and Austin Howard. 2024. toa. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=toa.
