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List of ideophones in Basque

This article is list of ideophones in Basque language based on Ibarretxe-Antuñano's (2006) trilingual dictionary Hizkuntzaren Bihotzean - Euskal Onomatopeien Hiztegia.

A

  • — expression for toddling children and in lullabies
  • — sleep
  • — go for a walk
  • — expression of happiness
  • — gasp of astonishment
  • — cattle
  • — indecisive
  • — indecision.
  • — stilts
  • — walk, go for a walk
  • — running
  • — walking (especially, a little kid).
  • — toddle over here.
  • — drowsy sleepy man
  • — foam, spray, surf
  • — expression of disapproval
  • — call for challenge
  • — homeless
  • — spider
  • — gush out
  • — gee up!
  • — zigzag.
  • — cry to start moving
  • — without too many clothes.
  • — ouch; call for pigs.
  • — to run.
  • — bark of a small dog
  • — call for geese
  • — expression to get up
  • — expression of happiness
  • — sound of bite
  • — quarrel, problem.
  • — expression to set the dog on somebody
  • — call for a challenge
  • — leftovers

B

  • — from person to person; bluntly.
  • — move clumsily.
  • — hard boiling sound.
  • — industrious, proud, non-stop.
  • — sound of bubbling water; rhythmic falling of a light body.
  • — a great deal, a lot, amply, abundantly, plentifully.
  • — sound of ripping
  • — move quickly.
  • — wholly, completely.
  • — profusely (especially grain falling and money spending).
  • — tipsy, slightly drunk.
  • — equally, no matter.
  • — to walk by oneself.
  • — clumsy.
  • — call for cats.
  • — flattery.
  • — bubble, rounded.
  • — swinging, teetering.
  • — tumbling, turning over.
  • — stagger, totter, reel.
  • — slip, sway, rocking.
  • — piled up.
  • — women's fight (tearing hair out)
  • — gently.
  • — borborygmus; any rumbling noise
  • — around.
  • — call for ducks.
  • — suddenly.
  • — to spread.
  • — buzzing.
  • — wee wee, pee pee.
  • — throwing the ball to one another.
  • — to be naughty.
  • — melt down.
  • — soaked.
  • — swollen.
  • — spreading.
  • — sleeping.
  • — big spending.
  • — gushing, spurting.
  • — precipitous mountain.
  • — stride purposefully.
  • — walk hastily.
  • — twinkle, glitter.
  • — walk very fast.
  • — rumour.
  • — waste.
  • — bumble bee humming.

D

  • — knock the door.
  • — going in a hurry.
  • — tremble.
  • — insistently, on and on.
  • — tap, stroke
  • — have an idea suddenly.
  • — trembling.
  • — proceed drastically
  • — light tremble.
  • — continuous drag.
  • — with difficulty.
  • — the sound of something sparkling or shiny.
  • — sparkle, sunbeam, gleam.
  • — sparkle, glow (stars).
  • — barely, hardly.
  • — in big gulps.
  • — to stop suddenly.
  • — trot.
  • — count or pay by giving the money coin by coin.
  • — clumsily drink in big gulps.
  • — exactly
  • — sound of a firework being launched.

DZ

  • — throw something and put it into an opening or a corner.
  • — not to bounce the ball as a result of hitting the angle.
  • — walk slowly and swinging.
  • — the sound of hitting somebody in the chest.
  • — sawing sound, squeak.
  • — bim bam.
  • — gushing out water

E

  • — chattering.
  • — walk with difficulty, trudge.
  • — slow at walking
  • — keep up with difficulty.
  • — without thinking
  • — gossiping.
  • — articulating the sound R wrongly
  • — yaa! (cattle)
  • — nervously.
  • — exclamation used when somebody is in a difficult situation or to attract attention.
  • — as a last resort.
  • — yaa! (cattle).

F

  • — light motion (sails, birds, sweat running down...)
  • — very full dress
  • — frivolous.
  • — rustling.
  • — spin clumsily.
  • — walk angrily.
  • — fall down in circles and slowly.
  • — fray.
  • — murmur.
  • — soft breeze.
  • — softly.
  • — walk aimlessly.
  • — rotative motion of an object thrown in the air.
  • — foolishly.
  • — stomp around in a rage.
  • — crack, crackle, crash.
  • — long wave.
  • — fall into water.
  • — whoosh, go across the air fast
  • — not to keep one's word
  • — call for hens.
  • — sound the spinning wheel.

G

  • — boiling, bubbling, gushing out.
  • — lazy person.
  • — caw, croak, honk.
  • — mature woman ready to marry the first one to appear.
  • — rolling around.
  • — groping in the dark.
  • — weak.
  • — sound of a cowbell.
  • — sound of gnawing.
  • — water murmur.
  • — wine poured in a bottle.
  • — sound of cutting hair.
  • — to get upset stomach from something.
  • — swallow.
  • — red-hot, burning, incandescent.
  • — bone crackling.

H

  • — one after another
  • — pant (breath with difficulty).
  • — carry stones
  • — basics, rudiments.
  • — profusely eating.
  • — from time to time.
  • — bits and scraps of bones and pork.
  • — drink up in a gulp
  • — hobbling.
  • — bickering.

I

  • — almost.
  • — otter.
  • — ridicule.
  • — quarrel, argument.
  • — hunt around for.
  • — "I Spy" game.
  • — voyeur.
  • — growing dark.
  • — indecisive man.
  • — sig of disgust and sadness.
  • — beat about the bush.
  • — complaint.
  • — in great detail.
  • — carefully.
  • — tittle-tattle.
  • — call for pigeons.
  • — rotative motion, quick and confusing.
  • — mocking laugh.
  • — guffaw.
  • — throw money in christening ceremonies
  • — weak.
  • — mischievous smile
  • — whoop of joy typical of Basque shepherds when they are in the mountains, and of Basque people in general
  • — smudge.
  • — whispering.
  • — trivialities.
  • — a big hurry.
  • — blindly.
  • — not a word.
  • — secret conversation.
  • — shhh, hush.
  • — chattering whispering.
  • — mystery
  • — oi, call for attention

J

  • — expression of skepticism.
  • — steps of a procedure.
  • — prancing.
  • — twangy.
  • — crawl

K

  • — wooden bowl for milk.
  • — cry of pain (of dogs being hit)
  • — cockatoo
  • — cunning argument, trickery.
  • — rhythmical noise.
  • — millstone.
  • — poppy, weed in wheat.
  • — sound of bouncing ball in Jai-Alai
  • — little by little.
  • — guffaw; ha-ha-ha.
  • — jolt, screech.
  • — call for sheep and cows.
  • — rat-a-tat-tat.
  • — expression for keeping away a cat.
  • — gesture, wink.
  • — in a straight line.
  • — hen's hiccups.
  • — coward, intimidated.
  • — staggering astride.
  • — twist of rivers.
  • — multicoloured.
  • — tickles.
  • — wobbling; unsure.
  • — slip away.
  • — swords fighting sound.
  • — cricket sound.
  • — trudge.
  • — keep up with difficulty.
  • — jumping or rolling on the ends of a wooden log that rolls down the hill.
  • — hide-and-seek game.
  • — in bites
  • — joy, jubilation.
  • — frog sound, croak.
  • — gnashing of teeth.
  • — articulating R sound wrongly.
  • — champagne
  • — latch.
  • — central part in leather balls.
  • — with difficulty.
  • — rummage.
  • — trinket.
  • — sound of unstacking.
  • — wolf down.
  • — scissors' sound
  • — insect's flight.
  • — cut hair.
  • — stop out of tiredness.
  • — sound of liquid in a bottle.
  • — cot sound, to rock.
  • — idiot.
  • — indecisive.
  • — squatting, crouching.
  • — carry a boy astride.
  • — belch.
  • — get drunk
  • — drink buzz; if said to somebody, it is an invitation to do so, if the other person accepts, this one must say .
  • — strumming.
  • — griding.
  • — sound of breaking small things.
  • — castanet, snap
  • — strawman.
  • — flat corncake filled with green cheese.
  • — cock-a-doodle-doo
  • — kitchen job.
  • — trifling.
  • — nap, siesta, light sleep.
  • — rhythmical sound of a cradle/cot
  • — doorstop.
  • — full of fruit.
  • — exclamation used by children when playing
  • — pig grunt, oink.
  • — call for pigs.
  • — that precise moment
  • — a person with hunched shoulders
  • — set the animals on somebody

L

  • — (game) blind man's bluff.
  • — sound of dog gnawing.
  • — tasteless.
  • — hefty man.
  • — slurp down.
  • — small snowflake.
  • — slip, slide
  • — praises and flatteries, suck up to somebody.
  • — sound of rough sea, roar
  • — naive; for kids: milk (not maternal).
  • — "the same old story".
  • — flower.
  • — singing softly to oneself.
  • — sun glitter over a field.
  • — bird trill.
  • — sleep.
  • — windward.
  • — dummy.
  • — put somebody off.

M

  • — slow and peacefully.
  • — little by little.
  • — roar of oxen.
  • — land dragged by a torrent.
  • — drinking water or liquid.
  • — lice and fleas.
  • — bug insect.
  • — ghost, boogeyman.
  • — whispering, mumbling.
  • — snow softly and continuously.
  • — gradually.
  • — gulp down making noises.
  • — bellowing, howling.
  • — voraciously, greedily.
  • — kissing.
  • — sluggish.
  • — big lips.
  • — eating voraciously.
  • — twangy.
  • — completely soaked.
  • — eat without appetite.
  • — weak and thin.
  • — not a word
  • — finicky.
  • — call for cats.
  • — scold.
  • — whisper.
  • — murmur of water.
  • — with one arm.

N

  • — chaos, mess.
  • — confusion, mess
  • — wish.
  • — dull ache.
  • — (kids) milk.
  • — irritate.
  • — twinkle.
  • — with half closed eyes
  • — wet nurse.

Ñ

  • — dirty trick.
  • — yum-yum, (kids) to eat.
  • — (kids) cheese; food.
  • — offering but not giving.
  • — eating without appetite.
  • — wink
  • — sound of having sex.
  • — hitting a bit, fighting for fun.
  • — teeny-weeny.
  • — iris.
  • — short-sighted.
  • — chewing.

O

  • — indigestion.
  • — call for challenge; expression of anger.
  • — offering.
  • — out!
  • — expression of pain when burned or stuck with a needle
  • — with great difficulty.

P

  • — puffing.
  • — swish.
  • — walk step by step.
  • — harmful animal.
  • — shoot, bang.
  • — hit continuously.
  • — show-off.
  • — doll.
  • — corn or flour bread.
  • — slide, glide.
  • — gushing out.
  • — forced smile.
  • — thrown an object at a short distance.
  • — pure.
  • — glub-glub, slowly boiling.
  • — reverse, back.
  • — butterfly
  • — favourite
  • — elegant
  • — spend money little by little.
  • — continuous and hectic succession of things.
  • — diarrhoea.
  • — boy's game: throwing a ball.
  • — tumble, rolling down.
  • — coat (food, with egg and flour).
  • — sound of a heavy object falling.
  • — boom (fireworks).
  • — breakdown, failure.
  • — chubby.
  • — speak quickly and continuously.
  • — yuck!
  • — splash.
  • — bouncing.
  • — pain, hurt.
  • — spill.
  • — slid down a slope.
  • — in abundance.
  • — liquid spill.
  • — fart
  • — get annoyed
  • — blow
  • — DIY, small jobs
  • — kick of a harassed horse
  • — blow

R

  • — strode.

S

  • — shove.
  • — jumble.
  • — thud.
  • — transparent.
  • — great shock
  • — sudden action, incision
  • — inserting one object into another
  • — burst; sting.
  • — frequently
  • — devour.
  • — come and go zig-zagging
  • — sharply
  • — non stop.
  • — helter-skelter, bolt
  • — gesture
  • — ceremonious
  • — sound of sew
  • — moth
  • — poor in nutrients
  • — rachitic
  • — mole's noise
  • — sew clumsily
  • — whoa!, voice to stop animals
  • — sew clumsily; a rough patch.
  • — suddenly

T

  • — splish-splash, wade.
  • — sound of not very audible noises (heartbeat, pocket watch...); touch, tap.
  • — quick action; sudden stop.
  • — groping
  • — toddling, walk slowly, in short and quick steps
  • — frequently, constantly
  • — tick-tock, clock sound
  • — swish, sound of a liquid moving inside a pitcher
  • — water shaking in a container
  • — wet
  • — bump, hit
  • — walk from one place to another
  • — sound of drops
  • — punctually
  • — bucket in boats for bailing out
  • — coin by coin; step by step; drop by drop; rhythmical noise.
  • — sound of falling
  • — walk with irregular steps
  • — drop
  • — dripping
  • — big man
  • — little jumps when galloping or trotting
  • — sound of a person falling down into the floor
  • — fall and roll down the floor
  • — brazen woman
  • — expression of skepticism
  • — drill
  • — frying pan
  • — unpleasant sound.
  • — sound of a cartwheel moving
  • — spillage
  • — sticky
  • — sound of clothing ripping
  • — drag
  • — in an agitated state; make somebody anger; agitate
  • — snap (a robe)
  • — knotty wood
  • — in one's free moments; in intervals.
  • — once in a while
  • — cry profusely
  • — scorn
  • — spanking
  • — suddenly
  • — sound of scratching
  • — stammering
  • — youngest child
  • — offering but not giving
  • — nod (sleeping)
  • — hammering
  • — hammering sound
  • — large wave.
  • — provoking.
  • — stand doing nothing.
  • — halt, stop.
  • — upright.
  • — rebel, uncontrolled, unbridled.
  • — stubbornly.
  • — in any way.
  • — slowly, little by little.
  • — in a straight line.
  • — doggy.
  • — idiot.
  • — without thinking.
  • — beating.
  • — little by little, step by step.
  • — worn out.
  • — clang, metal sound.
  • — gulp
  • — small details
  • — pulse
  • — baby's bottle
  • — run with difficulty
  • — pitter-patter
  • — cicada's song
  • — at will
  • — c'mon!
  • — fall and roll down
  • — tinkling
  • — gnashing of teeth
  • — farting
  • — lagging, straggling
  • — electric ring
  • — plod
  • — say "no" in disgust
  • — sound of flute
  • — hey! (addressing males)
  • — get upset stomach from something, overdose on
  • — toast, cheers
  • — leapfrog, children's game
  • — call for cows
  • — walk, trot
  • — slam, bang [door closing]
  • — gallop
  • — clumsy movement of the spinning top
  • — dance and music from the Basque Country
  • — walk rhythmically
  • — gipsy con
  • — rattle
  • — press too much
  • — fight tooth and nail
  • — doorknocker
  • — instant
  • — man with a malformation who walks clumsily, running into people
  • — rain buckets (a lot)
  • — yuck! expression of revulsion
  • — cough!
  • — a combination of three cards of equal value in the card game 31
  • — plug
  • — loud blow
  • — jump in the air
  • — no way
  • — waterfall, cascade
  • — whistle made of plants
  • — small bugle
  • — not a thing

TT

  • — yuck! (expression of disgust)
  • — taking baby steps
  • — sound of txalaparta
  • — drag little by little
  • — expression used when somebody is deceived
  • — get off
  • — provoking
  • — slowly and peacefully
  • — handbell sound
  • — liquor
  • — small step by step
  • — get dressed
  • — small person looking around for something
  • — deformed animal
  • — eau-de-vie;
  • — spit
  • — objection
  • — take it easily
  • — Basque instrument from Soule, psaltery
  • — Basque mardi-gras characters in Ituren and Zubieta (joaldunak)
  • — carnival hat, worn by joaldunak
  • — shit of sheep

TX

  • — stop tapping
  • — keep upright (of children)
  • — woman's cry
  • — short step
  • — sultry, stuffy weather
  • — fast rowing regatas
  • — rock the boats on the waves
  • — coin
  • — wooden cat, tap for barrels
  • — joke
  • — reckless
  • — small person
  • — play ducks and drakes
  • — splash about barefoot
  • — empty nut
  • — swipe
  • — punish
  • — every step
  • — call for women
  • — small child
  • — roast
  • — walk slowly but with a firm step
  • — clog
  • — call for young donkeys
  • — cry, say uncle
  • — throw nuts one by one
  • — simmer, slowly boil
  • — coin, money
  • — not a word
  • — clinking of coins
  • — rattle
  • — good, loyal
  • — chirp, tweet
  • — splash about
  • — shaving
  • — carry a baby astride
  • — to be crossed with somebody
  • — skittle
  • — insecure person, busybody
  • — bell, buzzer, ring
  • — slide
  • — slide, tobbogan, sled
  • — explode, tear to pieces
  • — frying crackle
  • — flute
  • — trample
  • — look for sweets
  • — Basque flute
  • — chick
  • — willy, wee-wee
  • — bits and pieces, trinket
  • — informality
  • — wee, pee
  • — call for attention, addressing boys
  • — dive, dipping one's head in the water
  • — drinking jug with spout and handle (see botijo)
  • — puppet
  • — drive mad
  • — fuck, screw
  • — in card game, answer to '
  • — expression used in sagardotegis when a barrel is to be opened
  • — spit
  • — small drum
  • — curl up
  • — sip
  • — pub crawl
  • — ouch!
  • — whispering, saying secrets

TZ

  • — mucus
  • — baby crawl
  • — loose thread; unimportant thing or person
  • — log (tree)
  • — rickety rickety
  • — laugh sarcastically

U

  • — puff, expression of sadness
  • — doubt
  • — howl
  • — expression of distrust
  • — be up to no good
  • — call for hens
  • — by bargaining
  • — whoa! (stop oxen)
  • — expression of pain and surprise
  • — flatulence
  • — call to move away hens
  • — idle

X

  • — whoa! (oxen)
  • — slap
  • — hit rhythmically
  • — get undressed and wash the clothes
  • — away! (for cats)
  • — scratch
  • — mice squeak
  • — do something quickly
  • — incidentally, in detail
  • — making a racket, a row
  • — wrinkle a bit
  • — pork, pig's flesh
  • — zigzag
  • — whimpering, whining
  • — mist
  • — violin
  • — tempting
  • — drizzle
  • — hurricane
  • — diarrhea
  • — spell, charm
  • — plod
  • — dripping
  • — cry of pain
  • — shepherd's game with six pebbles
  • — whipping
  • — pun, play of words
  • — whoosh
  • — quickly; instant
  • — sound of squirrels
  • — flash of lightning
  • — despicable
  • — hidden places
  • — insisting
  • — abracadabra
  • — sip, swig
  • — drink constantly

Z

  • — speak fast
  • — mishmash, jumble
  • — loud splash (water, mud)
  • — shove
  • — suddenly
  • — gulp down
  • — tangle
  • — ugly and scruffy woman
  • — indecision
  • — ride, merry-go-round, carousel
  • — astride
  • — stinging, burning sensation
  • — drink clumsily
  • — walk with the legs open
  • — cheer, martial song
  • — downpour
  • — clash, clatter
  • — walk without stopping
  • — sudden blow, shot
  • — spigot, tap
  • — insociable
  • — teeter-tooter
  • — rain profusely
  • — old crock
  • — walk on one's backside
  • — cling-clang, metal things dragged
  • — snap, break of a heavy object (metal, cristal)
  • — heavy rain
  • — pecking
  • — truly
  • — impression
  • — fit in easily
  • — ravenously
  • — in both directions
  • — completely
  • — in great detail
  • — fresh
  • — double smack
  • — dirty
  • — fun-loving, busybody and clumpsy person
  • — spark
  • — navel; umbilical cord
  • — weak
  • — handbell
  • — not to know that to do
  • — scream
  • — shake a liquid in a container
  • — holes and scratches
  • — mess
  • — wilted, shriveled, parched
  • — sting, peck; pinch
  • — hoop
  • — bed bug
  • — wrinkle
  • — oath, wow, promise
  • — tumbling, toppling
  • — tiny, teeny-weeny
  • — parade with small drums
  • — whistle, made of straw or branch bark
  • — alboka, single-reed woodwind instrument
  • — drink in gulps
  • — skinny
  • — get drunk
  • — stumbling, teetering
  • — water tank
  • — shuffle
  • — with insistence
  • — crossbeam holding the bellow's at the blacksmith's
  • — in earnest, putting a lot of effort
  • — seriously
  • — in a finicky, squeamish way
  • — whining
  • — complaint, groan
  • — fall down suddenly
  • — constantly punching
  • — hang by the hands and moving legs and back
  • — blow one's nose; make a child blow his nose
  • — cowbell
  • — honest, loyal
  • — gawky
  • — old small coin
  • — burst with spite
  • — a tap, touch in the skull
  • — trudge, plod; blotch; wallop
  • — throw punches left, right and centre
  • — wolfing down; pell-mell, helter-skelter
  • — exclamation of winning; dig, cutting remark
  • — slap
  • — belly
  • — lively
  • — splash
  • — rocket
  • — somersault
  • — shudder
  • — pushing one's way through
  • — be busy with petty things
  • — whey water
  • — soft and continuous movement
  • — drizzle
  • — whirlwind, twister
  • — guano, diarrhoea
  • — slide down a slope (as a game)
  • — Basque Mardi Gras character in Lantz
  • — glide; wriggle along
  • — get annoyed
  • — propel
  • — walk from one place to another
  • — clam
  • — shoe's noise when walking clumsily
  • — profusion
  • — sneeze
  • — act without thinking
  • — scribble
  • — Basque mythological character from Oiartzun
  • — dawn; ray, beam
  • — drag a heavy object; expression used in card game mus when you get as many points as hamarrekos
  • — work carelessly
  • — slide; gushing out water
  • — sound of saw
  • — sound of red-hot-metal in contact with water
  • — heavy breathing; snore
  • — match a ball with a leather glove
  • — decisively; resolutely
  • — snap
  • — beat a ball
  • — word used in Mus card game
  • — spinning very fast
  • — tangle, mess
  • — escape, disappear suddenly
  • — speed, energy
  • — roasted
  • — bare-legged
  • — food; meat
  • — quick smacks
  • — lisp
  • — hors d'oeuvres
  • — trinket, detail
  • — blabbing
  • — rifle
  • — sound made by an incision, a puncture
  • — sting several times
  • — speed, quickness
  • — nook, fold
  • — idiot
  • — to do something any old how
  • — gush out
  • — sharp; strict, severe
  • — hiccup
  • — expression used when refusing flatly
  • — quick and gliding movement
  • — suck, drink a liquid
  • — explosion, boom
  • — shut, locked
  • — insert something somewhere suddenly
  • — suck in, munch, crunch
  • — disagreement, quarrel
  • — bread and cod soup
  • — rumour; whisper
  • — whirlpool
  • — confused, in disorder
  • — snore
  • — set somebody's teeth on edge
  • — big shower
  • — cod soup served in cider houses for sailors
  • — absorbing, sipping
  • — in between sips
  • — in gulps
  • — to be alert
  • — up!, straight
  • — torch
  • — whispering

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