tyapi
| Possible Affixes | -ng, xlja |
| Pronunciation | [tʲapi] |
| Definition | Moving toward something and sticking to it |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic
MOVEMENT
VISUAL |
Paralinguistic
Description | Gestured by moving a hand or finger to an imaginary object which may be gestured with a stationary hand |
| Transcription | tʲapi tʲapi tɕuɾa (unintell) mikuntɕi tɕita |
| Translation | ‘Patting it down (and making it stick) tyapi tyapi, we eat that’ |
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| Transcription | tʲapi-n tʲapi-n tʲapi-n tʲapi-n hawataɕi riɕka |
| Translation | ‘tyapin tyapin tyapin tyapin (sticking to each branch) he’s going up (the tree)’ |
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| Transcription | kasna ukutaga ɲa kaj imaɕti kaɾa ɕina ɾikuɾin tawag aɕkawnaj tɕaʎwa kaɾa n… tʲapi tʲapi tʲapi ʎutaɕka // ʔaʔa |
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| Transcription | paj ajchajbɕi ʎutaɾinawŋ tʲapi tʲapi tʲapi kaj ima ɕinata amaɕika ɾujajbi ʎutaɾiɕa mukug aŋ tɕi kwintaɕi amaɾunbiga kipiɾiɕa pajgunga sikamunawŋ amaɾun pundajamuɕkaj |
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| Transcription | saw, tsɪɾɪɾɪ, tʃiriʃa, kuti saw, tsɪɾɪɾɪ, tyapi |
| Translation | (pouring) saw, (melting) tsiriri, getting cold, again (pouring) saw (melting) tsiriri, tyapi |
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| Transcription | ɾikukpiɡa, banko sapiwajʃi tjapi ba, hiii, niwaɾa |
| Translation | looking, (sitting) tyapi on the bench, it went 'hiii' at me. |
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Nuckolls, Janis; Tod Swanson; Charles Alger. 2026. tyapi. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tyapi.
