In Portuguese, birds also are named by their sounds: arara - a common name for many species of psittacids that do not immitate other sounds, but always shout "arara!"
bem-te-vi: the comon name of Pitangus sulphuratus, hear it here: http://www.youtube.com/wat=h?v=6I49Fqo_IWg "Bem te vi" means someshitng like "I saw you and I liked it" or "I did see you!". In Japanese, the "official" name for dog is inu, but there is a very popular onomatopoeic form: "wan tchan". Wan comes from the bark, tchan is simply a "title" commonly given for children, pets, young girls, female friends and elders. Regards, Matheus C. Carvalho PhD s=udent Kitasato University - School of Fishery Sciences Japan Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! http://br.mail.yahoo.com/
