tsyuw
| Pronunciation | [tsjuw] |
| Related Ideophones | dzyuw |
| Definition | A touching movement that also slides across a surface. |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic MOVEMENT |
| Paralinguistic Description | Demonstrated with a touching movement that brings surfaces together |
| Transcription | ɾupagjatɕiɕaɕi kajwaŋga tsjuw sjuw sjuw kakug aɾa |
| Translation | Heating it, with this (a person) would rub it (going) tsyuw syuw syuw |
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Commentary
Video 1 concerns an old custom, not currently practiced, involving the rubbing of a satalana pod over a baby girl's vulva in order that it grow large like the pod.
Nuckolls, Janis. 2025. tsyuw. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tsyu.
