taw1
| Pronunciation | [taw, to] |
| Definition | explosive sound of firing a rifle, or a hollow, resonating sound resulting from closing a door, or tapping a hollow surface |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic
MOVEMENT
SOUND |
Paralinguistic
Description | May be lengthened to simulate the duration of sound |
| Transcription | imaɕti lomota idziyatɕipaŋgi nikga taw! puskiŋ waɲutɕiɕka taɾuga |
| Translation | Well then, saying 'You are the one who is weakening the manioc' (he fired his rifle) taw! (And then) pusking (it collapsed). He had killed the deer. |
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| Transcription | jajkuna tɕaŋ ujawɾa tɕaɾi kajmanda taw tapaɾiɾa iɾidza |
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| Transcription | tandaŋgarrr taw taw to to to to to to to tandaŋga- |
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| Transcription | ɾujata kas(n)a taw taw taw taw taw, taw taw taw taw taw waktaɕa jajkuna- |
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| Transcription | tʃiʃibi, tʃiʃi jandanawn ansa aʃkaj, taw taw jandana, tʃasna jandawkpiʃi, tʃi taɾuɡa pahoɡa tukuna an |
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| Transcription | tʃitaɡa payta makaʃa waɲutʃiŋɡawa niʃa taw taw taw taw taw tawʃi tʃi pundʒana waɾmiɡa ʎaɡʎaɾa tʃunda palata |
| Translation | Hitting it, wantinɡ to kill it, going 'taw taw taw taw taw taw' the pundzhana woman sharpened the chunda stick. |
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Commentary
Video 6 example provided by Austin Howard from a traditional narrative about the lomocha woman and the pundzhana woman.
Nuckolls, Janis; Austin Howard; Charles Alger. 2025. taw1. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=taw.
