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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
Cat , bear and lion seem to be a bit onamatopoeic too but then my Elvish pronounciation is so bad that I still read Sirdan and Seleborn even if I know to say Kirdan and Keleborn. And one version of cat is virtually mog
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There's also sheep, which in Primitive Quendian can be named by either of the noises they make: 'meeeeh, meeeeh' or '(m)baaaa'. A dove is a 'Kukūwā' - 'coo, coo'.
But my absolute favourite onomatopoeia is the very old Qenya word for duck: 'Qá'. It's so short, so simple, so beautiful... ^_^
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