onomatopoeiaofthemonth : coo coo


 
 



from :

 

onomatopoeiaoftheweek: plongk

 



(wall musicschool bachstraat amsterdam,2007)

vondelpark,amsterdam

cherry : via latin from greek : kerasium, see akkadian : karsu

tomato : via spanish from nahuatl (mexico) : tómatl  from tomana (=to swell)

3 scripts within 5 cm    -#3  (4 ! :)

(LES HARPES DE L'ÉGYPTE PHARAONIQUE
ESSAI D'UNE NOUVELLE CLASSIFICATION
PAR HANS HICKMANN, LE CAIRE 1953)

 

3 scripts within 5 cm. (3 scripts within 1 sentence, ....:-)













 



 

(from: UEBER DAS PHOKYLIDEISCHE GEDICHT EIN BEITRAG ZUR HELLENISTISCHEN

LITTERATUR,

THEODOR MOMMSEN ZUGEEIGNET VON  JACOB BERNAYS,

BERLIN, 1856 )

onomatopoeia(s)oftheweek : kaw,meeyow,kwakk,peep,kookoo,hou

 

 

 

Herriman, Krazy Kat, 21 june 1931

introducing an ochre onomatopoeia

3scripts/5cm.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(from:  LES ÉCRITURES ÉGYPTIENNES et l'antiquité classique

Pierre Marestaing, Paris,1913)

 

the lighter side of being an aardvark

 

 

 

 

 

( latin name : orycteropus from the greek : orycter = digging tool 

                                                                            pous    = foot

                                                                            )

  

Erdferkel's Melancholy -3

Erdferkel's Melancholy  -2

Erdferkel's Melancholy

onomatopoeia of the day : peter-peter-peter

..

....the tufted titmouse ( Parus bicolor) is the best known, ranging widely over the eastern United States, where its cheery whistled "peter-peter-peter" rings through decidous woodlands,orchards,and suburbs.

(ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE,2012)



 But also in Europe "peter peter" can be heard :
 

1874. C.M. Yonge, Lady Hester ii,28 : The tomtits were calling 'peter' in the trees

1892  - Old Woman's Outlook ii,37   :  Sunshine, setting the thrushes and robins to sing, and the
           ox-eyes*  to cry Peter


(THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, Volume XI   OW-POISANT
prepared by J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner, Oxford 1989) 

* ox-eye : apparently both the Great Tit (Parus major) as the Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) can be     
               called this way

 



 

 



 

(this is a drawing i made when i was 16 years)

onomatopoeia of the week     :    flop
































from:

 

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 )