<div dir="ltr">In Yahgan (genetic isolate from Tierra del Fuego, recently extinct), the generic term for 'sing' is ta:pvlisa:na (colon marks tenseness of vowel preceding it, and v is schwa). But there are a couple of terms for more specific TYPES of singing (for example low pitched droning, or high-pitched trilling). <div><br></div><div>u:ili intr.vb. To sway backwards and forwards, as tall trees in a breeze, s. i. To rise and fall in cadences. The voice or singing of the chomux ((a small bird)) when it arrives in the spring. Tremulous, vibrate. To vibrate, tremulous, as the voice of one under excitement,<br></div><div>And chilli (same root): intr. vb. To sway, as a high slen- der mast in a stiff breeze, or as the tops of tall trees.</div><div><br></div><div>ukuliseta i. a. High, squeaky, of voice. To be high pitched. To rise high. And serialized vb. ukulisat-haina i. To rise, to raise the voice to a shrill pitch. To sing high.</div><div><br></div><div>Note also u:da:pvla intr.vb To prance. To have a rough movement in running, as some horses which shake their riders much. To move the body up and down, as aven- gers do when acting, as tho under some evil spell, or as persons do when laughing violently, Probably etymologically related to ta:pvlisa:na.</div><div><br></div><div>u:tume:ata i. To sing with a deep, steady, and lengthened strain,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Morphological notes- verb prefix u:- is a permissive-causative voice marker, so 'let'. Verb suffix -ana is usually marks a state. And verb suffix -ata has several functions, including Aktsionsart (semelfactive). The e: in u:tu:me:ata is from -i as final vowel of the root. </div><div><br></div><div>Data source- Yamana-English Dictionary 1933 (1987 reprint).</div><div><br></div><div>Jess Tauber</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 10:06 AM Jess Tauber <<a href="mailto:tetrahedralpt@gmail.com">tetrahedralpt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Not in the languages I've looked at. However, from the perspective of phonosemantics, there does seem to be a tendency for words for 'sing' to at least contain segments whose iconic mappings represent the notion of sinusoidal (or similar cyclic) wave types, types of reverberation or vibration, etc. For many languages these are liquids, but not all. In Muskogean languages from northern Gulf of Mexico, it is /n/ that has this sense, rather than a liquid. But the sense of /n/ in these languages isn't limited to sound- it refers to ANY sort of reverberation, continued rotation, or vibration.<div><br></div><div>Jess Tauber</div></div><div id="gmail-m_-4084471176159436170DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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In most languages, does the default expression for singing consist of repeated CV syllables with coronal sonorant onset + low vowel nucleus?<br>
In other words, is it mostly la la la, na na na, etc.?<br>
I assume that it's because it’s the least marked syllable with the greatest amplitude?<br>
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