NOTES ON THE WORDS AND ASSOCIATED GESTURES

For 89 out of the 100 English words, the gestures generated by the sound-structures of the words are related to the meanings of the words.
For the remaining 11 words the relation of the gestures to the meanings of the words is less clear:
dry
- obscure
walk
– the gesture is a movement of the arms but more correctly may be a movement of the legs
lie
– the gesture at first sight seems more appropriate for ‘lie meaning untruth’. For ‘lie down’ the relation of the gesture is clear
liver
- obscure
feather
– apparently a representation of feathers
tail
- obscure
grease
– ? apparently an action of smearing with grease (see German ‘schmiere’)
flesh
- obscure
leaf
- apparently a representation of leaves
all
- obscure
full
- obscure

The relations between the words and the gestures shown for English appear equally appropriate for the 89 words in other languages except:
the word for drink in Russian appears to be a mouth gesture (a hand and arm gesture in English)
the words for liver seem equally obscure in all four languages

For a number of words there are, along with the gestures, associated sounds:
dog
rain
say
burn
hot