tsuru

Possible Affixes-shi
Pronunciation[tsuɾu]
DefinitionThe calling sound of a kushilyu monkey, as well as its crying sound
Sensory ModalityCognition
Emotion
SOUND
Paralinguistic
Description
The difference between its calling out and crying sound is rendered performatively with an energetic single call that is lengthened on the final syllable (calling out sound) and a series of shorter, repetitive sounds, lower in pitch calls (its crying sounds)
Transcriptionkunaŋ abeɾ kapaɾiwaj niɾaɕi tsuɾuuu ujaɕa kapaɾa
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Transcriptionkunan wakaj niɾaɕi tsuɾu tsuɾu tsuɾu tsuɾu tsuɾu tsuɾu-ɕi wakaɾa mamata ʎakiɕa
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Transcription [mom said] now speak! "tsuru kawa" he cried out
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Nuckolls, Janis; Tod Swanson; Auna Nygaard; Sydney Ludlow. 2024. tsuru. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tsuru.

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