Ideophones in Ciluba

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This form contains a number of ideophones in Ciluba, one of the major languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ideophones are words, often with some sound symbolism, that express concepts such as emotions, colours, sounds and feelings. For each of the ten Ciluba ideophones given below, choose the English description that you feel describes the meaning of the ideophone best.
(Ciluba is a tone language, but tone is not marked on the examples below.)
(Data from Kabuta, N. (2001). Ideophones in Cilub`a. In Voeltz, E. and Kilian-Hatz, C., editors,
Ideophones, pages 139–154. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam & Philadelphia.)

kodyakodya

1 point

disorder

falling

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byuu

1 point

passing of time

haste

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nzonzonzo

1 point

dripping

whiteness

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ncancanca

1 point

trembling

quiet

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sheesheeshe

1 point

limping along, dawdling

duration

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kabyuu

1 point

dark

noise of something falling

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podyodyoo

0 points

in vain

red

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ncwi

1 point

grasp

swallowing quickly

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tokotoko

1 point

calm, silence

bursting

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kabakaba

1 point

upwards movement

blink nervously

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nzelelee

1 point

sound of metal coins

suddenness

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