In Gbaya, the notion of “going around” in Psalms 55:10 is emphasized with nyɛŋtɛŋ, an ideophone referring to a space where the river widens and the water swirls around, or a crowd dancing in a circle; walking in single file.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)