tyam
| Pronunciation | [tʲam] |
| Related Ideophones | toa |
| Definition | A complete turning, revolving, or rolling movement; also used to describe a 180 degree turn, as when a drinking bowl is turned upside down. Tyam is often part of aswa drinking instructions when a host will order a guest to drink tyam, which means the pot is emptied so it can be turned upside down. |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational
MOVEMENT
VISUAL |
Paralinguistic
Description | Often gestured with hands moving in a rolling or revolving motion |
| Transcription | imina ɾaɕa tɕita kiɕpig anawɾa tʲam tʲam tʲam tʲam tʲam-ɕi kumal aŋgota hapiɕaga voltjariɕa . . . |
| Translation | However did they escape? Grabbing sweet potato vines and wrapping them tyam tyam tyam tyam tyam (around themselves) |
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| Transcription | tɕiga ɾikukpi paj ima ɕina rawɕi kasna tʲam voltijaɾik kasnama ɾikuɕka |
| Translation | And so looking, she wondered 'what is that?' and turned around like this tyam, and looked. |
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| Transcription | ɾujata ɾiki ɾuja siɾijuɾa tʲaamm ɕukma tʲam ɕukma tɕaj intiɾuj ɾiɕa kopo̰ kopo̰ kopo̰ kopo̰ |
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| Transcription | tʃakiɡuna tʃi anɡa ɾiɡɾaɡuna, ima tʃaki ʃiʎuɡuna kajma tyam tyam ɾaɾiʃaɡa ɲa ʃiʎu pintaɾinawn, tʃakita sumak pintak |
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| Transcription | tʲam tʲammm tʲam tʲam kiwiɾiɕa |
| Translation | twisting tyam tyammm tyam tyam |
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Commentary
The ideophone tyam is also part of a political movement which is referred to as 'tiam' in the following link:
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-05-18/the-border-of-life-a-response-to-the-pandemic-from-the-amazon/?fbclid=IwAR2qPocbtwldJKPHGVg_1r7BOfZIMFiq37hvZoVEM_C1ACiwrOSnZmfA8MM
Nuckolls, Janis; Tod Swanson; Lisa Warren Carney; Charles Alger. 2024. tyam. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tyam.
