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t‡mmu, to sneeze.
kuŠa——u-kura——ai,
snoring.
The consonants ‘1’ and ‘Š’
are later developments of ‘1’ and ‘r’ respectively, and were represented
only by their originals in the most primitive forms of words.
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‡m,
expressing consent or attentiveness to a
narrative.
ši, š, ™ai,
p‡, expressing contempt
t† t†
(repetitioŒ, a sound used in calling
a dog. b„
b„ (repetitioŒ,
a sound used in calling a domesticated gallinaceous fowl.
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(5) Oral Action Sounds
Oral Action - Sounds are those, which are
suggestive of the oral actions during which the lips assume such shape
and position as to be exactly the same as those brought about by the utterance
of those sounds.
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kav
- kavvu, to seize or hold with the mouth.
‡du, to blow with the mouth, as a fire. |
‘aŒgƒ’,
to open the mouth, and ‘i˜i’ to grin, to
show the teeth, are amplifications of oral action - sounds
. ‘kavvu’ has given rise to the following
two groups of words, the first having ‘ seizure’ and the second ‘ forkedness’
as the radical idea, the upper and lower jaws together resembling a pair
of pincers, Cf. kodiŠu, the cheeks, pincers.
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kavvu
- kava˜am, a morsel, a mouthful of food,
lit.the quantity of rice that can be seized with the mouth at a time.
kavvu - vavvu, to seize with the hand, to take by force;
vavvu - avvu, to seize by the mind, to covet, to desire. |
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