ta1
| Pronunciation | [ta] |
| Related Ideophones | tahy, tsyun1 |
| Definition | Sound of bullets being fired from guns |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Configurational MOVEMENT SOUND |
| Paralinguistic Description | Undergoes rapid repetition, often accompanied by aspiration and devoicing of vowel, as well as hand movements gesturing the bullets' movement through air |
| Transcription | tɕajʎan ɕaɕkata tatatatatatatata taç taç taç kanoataga polo polo polo tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ tsʲuŋ japa balakpi |
| Translation | (The bullets exploded from the guns) tatatatatatatata (and flew through the air) tahy tahy tahy, and through the canoes, polo polo polo, (and through the water) tsyung tsyung tsyung tsyung tsyung tsyung. |
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Nuckolls, Janis. 2024. ta1. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=ta.
