4.  vu   ‘descriptive of the sound made by a brief spell of rains, typically heavy’ ocü rü vu vue ‘it is raining’ (ideophone not translated) 5.  vüi vi   ‘descriptive of the sound made by a long spell of rains - drizzle or downpour’ ocü rü vüi vi vue* ‘the rains came...’ 6.  ka#ka# ‘descriptive of the sound of rice boiling up’ kheto mokro kaka-e   ‘rice is boiling up (ideophone not translated) 7.  khokho ‘descriptive of the sound of wood being hacked’ osü de khokho-we ‘wood is being hacked...’ (ideophone not translated) 8.  yi a) descriptive of piglings grunting b)  of dogs/pups yelling when beaten or locked in osi (o) / ovo-o ara-yi-we 9.  uu uu ‘descriptive of the sound of dogs barking osi no de uu uu-we ‘the dog is barking (ideophone not translated) 10. hrohro ‘descriptive of the sound made by stones falling down a scree etc.’ ‘descriptive of the sound made on stepping on leaves, grass in a forest etc.’ ocü/ocu alü hrohro kro-we ‘stones are falling...’ (ideophone not translated)

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* prüprü is a verb meaning ‘to drizzle ; to spot’, rather than an ideophone,

if cürü is a noun in the following example

cürü prüprü-we ‘it is spotting’

This could easily be verified as the noun and the verb have different tones.

11.  khüikhüi   ‘descriptive of the sound of stick breaking etc.’       osü ri ha khüikhüi-we   ‘(the) stick is breaking...’ (ideophone not translated)’     12.  cķcķ   ‘descriptive of the cheeping of chicken’       hoo ara cķcķ-we   ‘(the) chicken are cheeping... (ideophone not translated)’     13.  bübü       descriptive of       (i) the sound of thunder   (ii) the sound of a ball being kicked   (iii) the sound of shooting with a gun etc.       ocü sü-bübü-e   ‘it’s thundering...’       bol kai bübü - e   ‘(the) ball is being kicked...’       pfo-no kobu da bübü - we   ‘he shot with (the) gun...’     14  vava   descriptive of the sound of a flash of lightning       ocü kophrü vava - e   ‘(the) lightning flashed...’     15 krokro       descriptive of     (i)  the sound of generally of the shaking of earth eg., earth quake, the sound   made by foot-stamping done upstairs heard downstairs     (ii)  the bellowing of bulls when belligerent or angry   otu phodu koshu krokro - we   ‘(the) bull is bellowing...’     (iii)  the patter of human steps as, for example, when soldiers march       shipramüi ta krokro khru- ie   ‘soldiers went up marching...’