Dear Venantius, To my mind, 'Utor' would be equally correct. For dictionary we say 'xobdkox' and for vocabulary we say 'utravoll'. But why add 'ghodop'? I have heard this word 'ghoddop' (the O being open) used for rhyme. I do not get the import of 'double rhyming' in the subject line. Doesn't rhyme mean two DIFFERENT words with similar ending? But here we have the same element being repeated. And we do have 'double rhyming' Konkani words in which the second part just rhymes with the first but does not mean anything on its own. Like "pustokam-bistokam" (books and the like). But one technical question: Does 'onomatopoiea' refer to only nouns which describe things with which then sound is associated? Or could it also be used for others like adverbs, adjectives and verbs. Also, does it have to be an imitation of a sound or would just any reduplicative qualify to be an onomatopoiea? Examples: "Ghosghoso' is waterfall (a noun), 'ghoso ghoso vhanvta' (an adverb), 'virvirit = slender and 'zhogzhogit' = gaudy (adjectives), "furfurta' = gets enthusiatic (a verb). Are 'onomatopoeia' and 'reduplicative' synonymous?
Sebastian Borges On 3 Jun 2010 Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: True. I mentioned onomatopoeia while mentioning Vicente Correira Afonso (not sure ofs pelling). Then from "Anyway..." I went to point out the double rhyming words post by *Dr. Manjeshwar Ganesha Kamath, *on the Save My Language site. Two different topics, but a lead-in in the sense that I saw Dr. Kamat's piece and also remembered VCA's two-sheet on Konakani Onomatopoeia. This is how I remember things and make connections, even with disparate ideas. Thanks for Onukoronn xobd' as also 'dunnavnni.' Could it also be utor, or should it never be so. How about Onukoronn xobd/utor ghodop. Btw, years ago I put up a piece on Goanet, Konkani Onomatopoeia_errant thoughts <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg19141.html> More on language later, including allusions, rhyming, etc, etc. venantius j pinto Sebastian Borges
