tus

Pronunciation[tus]
Related Ideophonesturus
DefinitionThe 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 ModalityMOVEMENT > Haptic
MOVEMENT
SOUND
Paralinguistic
Description
Hand gestures indicate movement toward object to be acted upon. Tus is often followed by a pause.
Transcriptionɕamuɕaga paŋga ɲa ɕuk ɾaajʎaɕi mikuŋga pajga ɕamuɕa tus tus i mikuɕa kaʎpaɾi aɕkata
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Transcriptionkaj // kuŋgaj nda kajbi tus kaniun
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Transcriptionapanɡuɾata apamuʃa ajjjj, tus paj mama tus, tusʃi mikuŋ
Translationbringing a crab, ooooh, tus, the mother, they say, ate (it) tus
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Nuckolls, Janis and Charles Alger. 2024. tus. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tus.

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