30 Dec Kotodama 16

Posted at 10:15h in I Am Time, Kotodama by

Each language has different sounds for words that identify the same thing.

However, there are certain sounds that carry the same meaning across many unrelated languages.

This is called sound symbolism, or phono-semantics.

These sounds are a visceral reaction.

For example, the sound made upon coming to an obvious realization (“ah”) and the sound of laughing (“ha”) at ourselves for not realizing it earlier.

Interestingly, ah and ha are anadromes (words or phrases that spell different words or phrases backward). Simply looking at the same thing from opposite perspectives is the essence of wisdom.

Another example of sound symbolism is “wow”, a palindrome (a word that is read the same forwards or backwards). “Wow” is a sound we make when something captivates, astonishes, or delights us.

The sound of “wow” (broadly, an expression of love) is made by puckering our lips as when making a kiss. “Wow” reveals love is a palindrome; what we express is expressed back likewise.

Sounds reflecting wisdom and love are primordial.