awi
| Definition | Depicts movement of rubbing a substance across a surface. |
| Sensory Modality | MOVEMENT > Haptic MOVEMENT |
| Paralinguistic Description | Accompanied by an imitative gesture. |
| Transcription | ɕiiin niɕa, pulatui kasna awi awi awi ɾag aɕka |
| Translation | 'Going shiiin, they would rub it across the plate, awi awi awi.' |
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Commentary
Thanks to Alex Rice, who identified awi as a new ideophone, and recorded this video of a traditional narrative, at Iyarina, Ecuador.
Nuckolls, Janis and Alex Rice. 2026. awi. The Quechua Ideophonic Dictionary. Online: https://quechuarealwords.byu.edu/?ideophone=awi.
