tsyun1
| Pronunciation | [tsʲuŋ] |
| Related Ideophones | ta1, tahy |
| Definition | The sound of the movement of bullets traveling through water |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic MOVEMENT SOUND |
| Paralinguistic Description | Undergoes repetition and may be performed with higher pitch than utterance's baseline pitch, and may be accompanied by hand gestures mimicking the movements of bullets as they travel through water |
| Transcription | tɕajʎan ɕaɕkata tatatatatatatata taç taç taç kanoataga polo polo polo tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ japa balakpi |
| Translation | (The bullets exploded from the guns) tatatatatatatata (and flew through the air) tahy tahy tahy, and through the canoes, polo polo polo, (and through the water) tsyung tsyung tsyung tsyung tsyung tsyung. |
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Nuckolls, Janis. 2025. tsyun1. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tsyun-3.
