Tsklup
წკლუპ
Tsklup—or in Georgian script წკლუპ (ts’k’lup’)—is a word inspired by the sounds of rain.
It is not an established Georgian word (yet). Its rhythm recalls Georgian onomatopoeias: small sounds that make rain and water audible.
წკაპუნი (ts’k’ap’uni) is the patter or dripping sound of drops. In a related form, წკაპწკუპი (ts’k’ap’ts’k’up’i), a sharp ts’k’ap is answered by a rounder ts’k’up. Rain arriving one drop at a time.
- წკაპ!
- ts’k’ap! — a short, sharp drop.
- წკაპუნი
- ts’k’ap’uni — patter; a dripping sound.
- წკაპწკუპი
- ts’k’ap’ts’k’up’i — pitter-patter.
Tsklup keeps the deeper half of that cadence. Tsklup, like a drop landing in a puddle.
Tsklup is a project by Salome and Christoph.
Sources: Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary and a Georgian onomatopoeia reference.