Words & dialect・Nagoya
tokintokintokintokin
Also known as: ときんときん・Nagoya dialect for sharply pointed
A Nagoya dialect onomatopoeia describing something with a sharp or pointed tip — as in a freshly sharpened pencil or a needle. Used in everyday speech with phrases like 'make it tokintokin sharp,' it exemplifies how the Tokai dialect forms vivid sound-symbolic words for tactile or visual qualities.
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