tyan1

Pronunciation[tʲaŋ]
Related Ideophonestyak
DefinitionThe sound of striking metal
Sensory ModalityMOVEMENT > 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.
Transcriptiontʲak! // 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.

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