tyan1
| Pronunciation | [tʲaŋ] |
| Related Ideophones | tyak |
| Definition | The sound of striking metal |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic MOVEMENT SOUND VISUAL |
| Paralinguistic Description | Articulated with a higher pitch and expressively lengthened to imitate the resonance of the sound. Hand gestures mimic the movement toward object being struck. |
| Transcription | tʲak! // tʲaŋ! kuti waktaɕkay tʲaŋ! |
| Translation | ‘tyak (they hit it) // and it sounded tyang, and again having hit it (it again sounded) tyang!’ |
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Nuckolls, Janis and Alex Rice. 2026. tyan1. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tyan.
