tyak
| Pronunciation | [tʲak] |
| Related Ideophones | tag, tyan1 |
| Definition | the action of audibly striking something, and breaking the surface of what is struck |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic
MOVEMENT
SOUND |
| Transcription | kasna tʲak tʲak tʲak tsagma-ɕa-ng tsupiŋ tsupiŋ ʎuchu-g a-ŋ ɲuka kaɾi kasna ɾaɕa |
| Translation | Like this hitting it tyak tyak tyak, he would peel it bare, bare, he would, my husband. |
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| Transcription | jajkukpi iʎapaga ɾujaj, imajna tʲak tʲak tʲak tʲak tʲak tʲak |
| Translation | And as they entered (the water) the rifle shots (hitting) the trees went tyak tyak tyak tyak tyak tyak. |
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| Transcription | tʲak! // tʲaŋ! kuti waktaɕkay tʲaŋ! |
| Translation | ‘tyak (they hit it) // and it sounded tyaŋ, and again having hit it (it again sounded) tyaŋ!’ |
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Nuckolls, Janis. 2024. tyak. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tyak.
