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. 2024. tyan1. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=tyan.