In Gbaya, the notion of the silky and soft nature of the rich plumage in Ezekiel 17:3 is emphasized with ulɛ-ulɛ, an ideophone that refers to something silky and soft, such as wool, Westerners’ hair, or cotton.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)