tus
| Pronunciation | [tus] |
| Related Ideophones | turus |
| Definition | The sound of eating something crisp such as a leaf, or of cracking something firm, such as a bone. Also the sound accompanying transformation of a human into a tree (myth) |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic MOVEMENT SOUND |
| Paralinguistic Description | Hand gestures indicate movement toward object to be acted upon. Tus is often followed by a pause. |
| Transcription | ɕamuɕaga paŋga ɲa ɕuk ɾaajʎaɕi mikuŋga pajga ɕamuɕa tus tus i mikuɕa kaʎpaɾi aɕkata |
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| Transcription | kaj // kuŋgaj nda kajbi tus kaniun |
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| Transcription | apanɡuɾata apamuʃa ajjjj, tus paj mama tus, tusʃi mikuŋ |
| Translation | bringing a crab, ooooh, tus, the mother, they say, ate (it) tus |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Charles Alger. 2026. tus. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tus.
