onomatopoeia of the week     :    flop
































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about the discovery of an onomatopoeia

 

Sometimes at dusk when i sit on my balcony, i see a bat whirling around the appletree. One time s/he flew really close by and i heard the sound of the wings : db.db.db.db.db.
Then i realized the old Kiëngiric/Sumerian dubdubu is an onomatopoeia!

(Actually the word is  dubdubumusen , musen being a determinative meaning 'bird'. Other determinatives e.g. : dingir =god/goddess,  gis =wood  and  na =stone ( Nice example :       
esi =hard , 
gisesi =ebony      naesi =diorite )

dada rules ok