Re: [tied] Re: Crows and Garlands

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 25179
Date: 2003-08-19

19-08-03 20:14, alex wrote:


> and which is the verb for the onomatopeea the raven makes? Every
> language must ( I guess ) have a verb for this special sound make by
> crows and raves.
> In rom this is "a croncãni".

E.g. Polish <kruk> 'raven', <krakac'> 'croak (like a raven)'. English
<croak> is of course onomatopoeic itself.

Piotr