Re: Onomaetopoeic words in Telugu
Nagulapalli Srinivas (srinivas@eng.umd.edu)
Tue, 31 Oct 1995 11:57:58 -0500 (EST)
> Bapa Rao gaaru spoke about some onomaetopoeic words like taaraa zuvva,
> sura-sura batti and kaakara-puvvu-vatti. I thought I knew a lot more
> words based on onomatopoeia in telugu, but gosh, am not able to recollect
> many words, right now. Here are the few that I can quickly think
> of.
>
And Suresh gaaru added the following onomaetopoeic words. Why shouldn't there
be a simpler word with more "onomaetopoeic" spelling for this bombastic
word "onomaetopoeic" !!?? :-)
> kora kora choochu
> kasa kasa namulu
> gora gora gunju (probably only in our telangANA dists.)
I can think of these:
busalu koTTu (paamu)
bira bira povaDam
thaTaaluna paDaDam
vela vela povaDam
naka naka laaDaDam(aakaliki!:-) )
thaha thaha laaDaDam
(manasulo) mera mera (may be only in TelangANA dists.)
Bhagguna manDaDam
repa repa laaDaDam (gaaliki)
BhOruna EdvaDaDam!
phakkuna navvaDaDam
gantalu GhallumanaDam
bombu pellu mani pelchaDam
kOpamtho kutha kutha laaDaDam!
With regards
-Srinivas