spring of water

The Hebrew in Psalm 114:8 that is translated as “spring of water” or “flowing springs” (Good News Translation) in English is translated in Gbaya with the ideophone kpút-kpút, imitating the bubbling of a spring of water.

Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)

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