skip

The Hebrew that is translated “skip” or similar in English is emphasized in Gbaya with the ideophone zaŋgule which can be added to the word for “jump” to express a “leap” or “skip.”

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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