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The root word of "homophone" is "phone", which comes from the Greek word "phōnē" meaning "sound" or "voice".
The English meaning for the Kikuyu word mugambi is sound.
onomatopoeia. It usually just means a sound like bang but it can also mean that
No, the word "great" is not a homophone. A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning, like "two" and "too." "Great" does not have a word with the same sound and different meaning.
What is the meaning of the kikuyu word kugamba is to make some sound.
hissing sound like that of a snake
The meaning of the word boom is: to make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall."
Yes, "shh" is an example of onomatopoeia because it imitates the sound of someone shushing or hushing another person. Onomatopoeia refers to words that sound like the noises they represent.
That is not a standardized romanization of a Japanese word, nor does it sound like any Japanese word I am familiar with.
The root word of "homophone" is "phone", which comes from the Greek word "phōnē" meaning "sound" or "voice".
Sound
onomatopoeia. It usually just means a sound like bang but it can also mean that
The English meaning for the Kikuyu word mugambi is sound.
It's 'iconicity'. The word that mimes its meaning is iconic. Iconicity is not necessarily visual, in language you can more often encounter onomatopoeia = iconicity of sound (the sound of the words mimes real-life sounds, as in 'hiss')
The literary term for a word whose sound suggests its meaning is "onomatopoeia." Onomatopoeia is when a word imitates the sound it represents, enhancing the sensory experience for the reader.
No, the word "great" is not a homophone. A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning, like "two" and "too." "Great" does not have a word with the same sound and different meaning.
sound