onomatopoetic in English
adjective
['ɑnəmætəpəʊ'etɪk /'ɒn-]
(about a word) sounds similar to the sound that it represents (ex: "swish" or "meow")
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1. 30 It finds that there exist reduplication and non-reduplication in adjective, verb, noun, classifier, onomatopoetic, and no reduplication in numeral and adverb.
2. Clopping is an onomatopoetic word that imitates the sounds of horse hooves, when the animal is moving on a hard surface like rocks, stones or concrete.