This morning when our dogs namely Pogo (German shepherd) and poly (Dachshund) were barking at the postman, something struck my mind. Starting with the barking of dogs, I could recall certain way of typically tanii words to describe sounds that are found in our surrounding.When I started with this topic, i took it very lightly and simply thought that I could complete with great easebut, I swear it wasn't that easy! For instant,I failed to recall certain sound like of Taru (mosquito) and patii (tiger). Following are the sounds in tanii:-
To conclude this article, I would like to request all tanii readers to contibute more sounds in tanii and also to correct my mistakes, if any.
Sl. No. | Animal/Bird/Insect | Sound | Verb | Usage |
1 | Aki (Dog) | Kaau / kai (cry) | Pi | Byago si aki kaau-kaau la pila do/pido |
2 | Alyi (Pig) | Uye | gyu | Nekang si alyi uye-uye gyula do |
3 | Ami (Cat) | Meao | Be | Ami atu(puppy) si meao-meao la bela do |
4 | Kubu(Rat) | Chui | adu | |
5 | Ngyii (fish) | Suyin /shok | chi | Kiiley si ngyii shok-shok dado chila da |
6 | Pachu/paro (Chicks- cheep &Chickens -cluck | Piyo /Peyo | pi | Pachu atu si piyo pikang la da |
7 | Paro Ronii (Hen) | Piida | adu | Inka paro si piida –piida la adu hasu dobye pe ha? |
8 | Patii (Tiger) | |||
9 | Paro Rofpo (Cock) | Cock | Kho | Lengo si Paro rofpo ako khola da/khodo |
10 | Piita(birds) | Chi-cha | adu | Aro konchi lyiku ho piita atan si chi-cha adu du. |
11 | Sii (Cow)/ Sibu (Mithun) | Ooma | gyu | Bije si siibu ako ooma la adu la do. |
12 | Siibi (Monkey) | Keyun | ben | Sanii ayo si siibi atan si keyun-keyun la bendo. |
13 | Siibin(Goat) | Mehen-mehen | adu | Ude byakan si siibin ako mehen-mehen adudo! |
14 | Tabu (Snake) | Rushu | lyi | Sansu ho tabu sohe rushu-rushu dado lyine |
15 | Tami (Fly) | Tshe | go | Yoh pater mi tami tshe-tshe dado gokiir biido (‘ |
‘go’as because fly makes sounds only while flying) | ||||
16 | Taru (Mosquito) | go | ||
17 | Tayang (wasp) | Yang | go | Apu arun ho tayang pyare yang-yang gola da |
18 | Tatii (Frog) | cro | Kho | Aji is tatii cro-cro khodo |
Sounds of Nature | ||||
19 | Alyi (Wind) | Hooyin/bhoor | He | Myoko uyi aku la padu alyi bhoor-bhoor hedo |
20 | Dolya (Lightning) | Byok (not exactly sound,its about lightning) | Byo | Yapung genkiile Dolya byok-byok byodo |
21 | Miido (Rain) | Byor | Hu | Ago si miido byor-byor dado hula do |
22 | Yapung Geniin (Thundering) | Durun | Gen | Yapun durun-durun genkiile, iinga si khegiido! |
23 | Yamu (Fire) | Bhook/ Byok | Ya/ti | More si yamu bhook-bhook yala do |
24 | Yasi-tuniin(flooding at river) | Dulu (not sure about the sound) | tu | Kiiley si dulu-dulu yasi tula doye |
chambiyo (Flash Flood) | Dulu | ha | Siyo ayo so dulu-dulu dado chambiyo harne | |
25 | Myobyu huniin (Earthquake) | Riifpii | Hu | Myobyu huli ho tanii ude hii riifpii-riifpi la adu du (here riifpii is for that sound produced by tanii ude during earthquake and it indicates that it is being generated by the action of earthquake) |
one can refer to this link for more sounds made by animal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sounds
To conclude this article, I would like to request all tanii readers to contibute more sounds in tanii and also to correct my mistakes, if any.