Onomatopoeia in other languages Onomatopoeia

1 onomatopoeia in other languages

1.1 japanese
1.2 malay
1.3 arabic

onomatopoeia in other languages
japanese

onomatopoeia, or giongo in japanese, common in japanese language, day day conversation serious news. in general, onomatopoeia in japanese can categorized 3 types:

giseigo: onomatopoeia mimics humans , animals. (e.g. wanwan dog s bark)
giongo: onomatopoeia mimics general noises in nature or inanimate objects. (e.g. zaazaa rain on roof)
gitaigo: onomatopoeia describes states of being, not sounds. (e.g. mushimushi, uncomfortably warm)

japanese uses system of sound symbolic words called mimetics. though not entirely different onomatopoeia, words mimetic distinguished onomatopoeia. mimetic, or gitaigo in japanese, words phonological representation of kind of state of being, or doesn’t make sound.

sometimes japanese onomatopoeia produces reduplicated words.

malay

there documented correlation within malay language of onomatopoeia begin sound bu- , implication of rounded. sound of -lok within word conveying curvature in such words lok, kelok , telok (locomotive, cove , curve respectively.)

arabic

within qur an, written in arabic, instances of onomatopoeia documented. out of 77,701 words there 9 words onomatopoeic, 3 animal sounds (ex. mooing), 2 sounds of nature (ex. thunder) , 4 human sounds (ex. whisper or groan.)