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recently I found the sfx "グワラ" and "ドグワラ" in a Hoshino Yukinobu's manga,
Munakata Kyouju Denkikou:

[![グワン](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RTj4o.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RTj4o.png)

[![ドグワラ](https://i.stack.imgur.com/c6qhD.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/c6qhD.png)

I look in sites like thejadednetwork.com but I couldn't find anything relevant
to help me adapt this sound effect.

Thank you for the help and so sorry for my bad english.
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katakana sound-symbolism
Problem trying to adapt the sfx "グワラ" and "ドグワン"
In both グワラ -and- ドグワララ perhaps グワ（グヮ） is a variant of ガ

> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Middle_Japanese> -- Labialized
> consonants /kw, gw/ appeared during Early Middle Japanese. During this
> period, labialized consonants preceding -i and -e merged with their non-
> labial counterparts.[8]

  * グワラ --> ガラ ---- ガラガラ... is a common onomatopoeia for earthquakes, or a building collapsing.

  * ドグワララ --> ドガララ ... would be a similar sound. Are those lightening bolts?

> <http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~hi5k-stu/nihongo/kanji.htm>
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>   * （注４） 「クワ」の発音
> ：ラフカディオ・ハーン（小泉八雲）の『怪談』は、旧仮名で書くなら「くわいだん」である。『怪談』は英語で書かれていて、その原題は「Kwaidan」である。「クワ」の発音が「kwa」なのがわかるだろう。
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>   * （注５）
> 「怪」は中国語「クアイguai」で、旧仮名「クワイkwai」、新仮名「カイkai」。日本での「クワkwa」と言う発音は、中国語の「gua」がルーツの一つだったのである。
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