tsaglin
Pronunciation | [tsagliŋ] |
Definition | ‘movement of sparks of fire swirling through air’ |
Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational MOVEMENT VISUAL |
Paralinguistic Description | Falling intonation and hand gestures communicate the downward movement of the sparks of fire. |
Transcription | ninaga nina muɾuga tsagliŋ tsagliŋ tsagliŋ tsagliŋ tsagliŋ tsagliŋ-ɕi uɾmaɾa |
Translation | ‘And as for the fire, the sparks of fire, they fell tsagliŋ tsagliŋ tsagliŋ tsagliŋ tsagliŋ’ |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Tod Swanson. 2024. tsaglin. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tsaglin.