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kamuizero
Oct 1, 2004, 03:03
I can't find out what do these onomatopeyas means... :(
They are:
・ ワイワイ
・ プクリ ( I really don't know if this is an Onomatopeya or not, but i couldn't find it on any dictionary )

Any help would be VERY apreciated :p

PaulTB
Oct 1, 2004, 04:29
I can't find out what do these onomatopeyas means... :(
They are:
・ ワイワイ

わいわい (adv) noisily; clamorously; many people making a din; (P)

・ プクリ ( I really don't know if this is an Onomatopeya or not, but i couldn't find it on any dictionary )

That's a bit trickier. It doesn't appear to be in common use ... but it does seem to be a 擬音語 and it's usually used in pairs.

回転磁場の1サイクルごとにプクリ・プクリと移動していくのであった。当時は、メモリーの大容量化はバブル メモリーで一挙に解決するものと考えられていた。

車を洗って水気を拭き取っているときに何時もフロント&リアーウィンドウのステンレスモールの所からプクリ 、プクリと水玉が吹き出てきます。

What was the context?

kamuizero
Oct 1, 2004, 04:37
The プクリ appeared in the tale " Urashima Tar " a very old japanese kid's tale.....I can't type the whole context right now cuz I'm in a hurry :(

kara
Oct 1, 2004, 04:42
E vN(or vbN - pukkurij
something spherical(hemispheric) occur / grows larger

ex:
puff up one's cheeks(gesture of complaint)
raise dough
mosquito bite
inflated balloons
swollen abdomen

PaulTB
Oct 1, 2004, 04:49
プックリ

Aha. I bet プックリ is the form it's usually used with.

ぷっくり

(副)スル
丸くふくらんでいるさま。
「―とふくらむ」

... about 15 times as common 'sez google.