tzng.

n.  the sound of an unfamiliar word, as from a foreign language.

<For me, the text isn’t important in the Wayfarer; it’s just the music.  You know, it’s “Tzng, tzng, tzng . . .”; it doesn’t mean anything to me.  It’s childhood memories.  I could sing “La, la, la,” and it would have the same effect for me.  —Matthias Goerne, quoted by Jason Serinus in “Interview: The Art of Baritone Matthias Goerne,” Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity.>

Tzrg.

n.  the name of the warrior goblin chief of the Stonedeep Tribe; see also Glnk.

<It looked like Glnk was going to stand up to the hobgoblin, which was something Tzrg—the Stonedeep Tribe’s legitimate chief—couldn’t do.  —T. H. Lain, The Savage Caves.>

tzrrr.

n.  the grasshopper-like call of the Grass (Sedge) Wren, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Panama by Robert S. Ridgely.

tzzt.

n.  the sharp, metallic clang of clashing swords, as in My First Dungeon Experience by Katherine.

tzzz.

n.  the “sharp buzzing” call of the Crested Flycatcher-Shrike, as described in Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes by Tony Harris.

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