Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias#Mammal sounds

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Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples:{{dynamic list}}

Human sounds

=Consuming food or drink=

class="wikitable"
Language

! Biting

! Eating food

! Drinking

! Swallowing

! Brushing teeth

Afrikaans

| nom, gomf

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| gloeg gloeg gloeg

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Albanian

| ham, kërr, krrëk

| ham-ham, njam-njam

| llup, gllup

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| välmos-fësh, fër-fër

Arabic

| hum-hum

| humm

| شرب (sharib)

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Azerbaijani

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| nəm nəm

| qurt qurt

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| fıç fıç

Basque

| kosk, hozk

| mauka mauka

| zurrut

| klik

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Batak

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| nyaum nyaum

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| guk

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Bengali

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| গব গব (gob gob), গবা গব (goba gob), সপা সপ (sopa sop)

| ঢক ঢক (dhak dhak), ঢগ ঢগ (dhaug dhaug), ঘট ঘট (ghat ghat), গট গট (gat gat), কল-কল (kol-kol)

| ঢোঁক গেলা (dhnok gela)

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Bulgarian

| хрус (hrus), мляс (mlias)

| ам ам (am am)

| гльок гльок (glyok glyok)

| гъл (gull)

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Catalan

| nyac

| nyam nyam

| glup

| glu glu

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Chinese, Cantonese

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|嗦嗦 (sok4 sok2) (for crunchy foods)

zep1 zep1 (in general)

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|嗗 (gut2, gut4, gut6)

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Chinese, Mandarin

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| 咕咚 咕咚 (gū-dōng gū-dōng), 咕嚕咕嚕 (gū-lū gū-lū)

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| 唰 (shua) {{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

Croatian

| gric

| njam njam

| glp glp, glu glu

| gut

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Czech

| chřup {{IPA|[xr̝up]}}, chroup {{IPA|[xroup]}}

| ham, ňam ňam {{IPA|[ɲam]}}, mňam mňam {{IPA|[mɲam]}}

| glo glo

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Danish

| haps {{IPA|[hɑb̥s]}}{{cite web |title=haps |url=http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=haps |website=Den Danske Ordbog |accessdate=23 August 2019}}

| nam nam, mam mam

| slurk, glub

| glub, gulp

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Dutch

| {{lang|nl|hap}}

| {{lang|nl|jam jam}}

| {{lang|nl|slurp}}, {{lang|nl|klok klok klok}}

| {{lang|nl|slik}}

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English

| chomp

| yum yum, nom nom

| slurp, glug

| gulp

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Estonian

| amps

| näm näm, nämm nämm

| kull kull

| lonks

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Filipino

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| nam nam

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| lunók

| tsuka tsuka

Finnish

| rousk

| nam nam, nami nami

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| klup

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French

| miam, crounche

| miam miam

| glouglouglou

| gloups

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German

| mampf

| mampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjam

| schlürf, gluck

| schluck

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Gujarati

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| gudgud

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Hebrew

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| אָממ אָממ (amm amm)

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| שלוּק (shluk)

| צחצוח (tsikhtsúakh), שקשוק (shikshúk refers to "shaking teeth")

Hungarian

| hamm

| nyam-nyam, csám-csám

| glu-glu, glugy-glugy

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| sika-sika

Icelandic

| kjams

| nammi namm

| glúgg glúgg

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Indonesian

| krauk

| nyam nyam

| glek glek, gluk gluk

| glek

| sruk sruk

Italian

| gnam

| gnam gnam

| glu glu

| glu glu

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Japanese

| ムシャムシャ (musha-musha) {{Cite web |language=ja |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%82%80%E3%81%97%E3%82%83%E3%82%80%E3%81%97%E3%82%83&stype=0&dtype=0 |website=Yahoo! Japan |script-title=ja:むしゃ‐むしゃ |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122204/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%82%80%E3%81%97%E3%82%83%E3%82%80%E3%81%97%E3%82%83&stype=0&dtype=0 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }}

| モグモグ (mogu mogu),{{Cite web |language=ja |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%82%82%E3%81%90%E3%82%82%E3%81%90&stype=0&dtype=0 |website=Yahoo! Japan |script-title=ja:もぐ‐もぐ |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122223/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%82%82%E3%81%90%E3%82%82%E3%81%90&stype=0&dtype=0 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }} {{lang|ja|パクパク}} ({{transliteration|ja|paku paku}}){{Cite web |language=ja |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF&stype=0&dtype=0 |website=Yahoo! Japan |script-title=ja:ぱく‐ぱく |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122229/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF&stype=0&dtype=0 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }}

| ゴクゴク (goku goku)

| ごくっ (goku){{Cite web |language=ja |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%94%E3%81%8F%E3%81%A3&stype=0&dtype=0 |website=Yahoo! Japan |script-title=ja:ごくっ‐と |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910165728/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%94%E3%81%8F%E3%81%A3&stype=0&dtype=0 |archive-date=2012-09-10 |url-status=dead }}

| シャカシャカ (shaka shaka)

Kazakh

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| лық-лық (lyq-lyq), сылқ-сылқ (sylq-sylq)

| сылқ (sylq)

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Korean

| 와작와작 (wajak-wajak)

| 냠냠 (nyam nyam), 얌얌 (yam yam), 쩝쩝 (jjeop jjeop)

| 꿀꺽 꿀꺽 (kkul kkeok kkul kkeok)

| 꿀꺽 (kkul kkeok)

| 치카치카 (chika chika)

Kyrgyz

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| шам-шум (sham-shum)

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Latvian

| am

| ņam ņam

| gul gul

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Lithuanian

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| niam niam

| kliuk kliuk

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Malay

| ngap ngap

| nyam nyam nyam

| glup glup, teguk

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Malayalam

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| ഞംഞം (njam-njam), കറുമുറു (karu-muru) (hard/crunchy)

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| ഗ്ലപ് ഗ്ലപ്(glap-glap)

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Marathi

| कुर्रुम-कुर्रुम (krum-krum)

| मम् मम् (mam mam)

| गट-गट (gaT gaT)

| गटक (gatak)

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Nepali

|लापलुप ({{IPA|ne|ˈlaplup|pron}}), कर्याम-कुरुम({{IPA|ne|kʌɾjam kuɾum|pron}})

|क्वाप्प ({{IPA|ne|kwapːʌ|pron}})

|घट-घट ({{IPA|ne|ˈɡʱʌʈɡʱʌʈ|pron}}), कल-कल({{IPA|ne|kʌlkʌl|pron}})

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Norwegian

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| nam nam

| glugg glugg

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Persian

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| qolop-qolop

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Polish

| chap, am, chrup (crunch)

| mniam mniam, chrup chrup (if hard), mlask

| gul gul

| gul gul

| szuru szuru, szuru buru

Portuguese

| nhac, nhoc

| nham nham

| glup glup

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Romanian

| hap, haț

| miam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleasc

| gâl-gâl

| gogâlț

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Russian

| хрум (khrum)

| ам (am) (quick), ням-ням (njam-njam)

| бульк бульк (bulk-bulk)

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Serbian

| гриц (gric) {{IPA|[grits]}}

| њам-њам (njam-njam)

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Slovak

| chrum

| mňam, ham

| glo, glo-glo

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Slovene

| gric, hrsk

| njam njam

| glu, glu-glu

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Spanish

| ñam

| ñam ñam

| glu glu glu, glup

| glup

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Swedish

| nam-nam

| nam nam

| glugg glugg, klunk klunk

| gulp

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Tamil

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| கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching)

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Thai

| งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam)

| ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam)

| อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak)

| อึก อึก (uek uek)

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Turkish

| hart, hurt

| ham hum, nam nam

| hüüp, lıkır lıkır

| gulp

| fıtı fıtı

Ukrainian

| ам (am), ням (niam), хрум (khrum) (if crunchy), кусь (kus)

| ням-ням (niam-niam), хрусь-хрусь (khrus-khrus) (if crunchy), хлам-хлам (khlam-khlam) (if hastily), хряп-хряп (khriap-khriap) (if hastily)

| бульк-бульк (bulk-bulk), глип-глип (glyp-glyp), ґлаґ-ґлаґ (glug-glug)

| ґольґ (golg)

| шурх-шурх (shurkh-shurkh), шорх-шорх (shorkh-shorkh)

Vietnamese

| ngoạm

| măm măm, nhăm nhăm, nhồm nhoàm, chàm chạp

| ực ực, ừng ực

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=Bodily functions and involuntary sounds=

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Language

! Heart beating

! Belching

! Coughing

! Flatulence

! Sneezing

! Snoring

! Yawning

Afrikaans

| doef doef

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| poep

| atiesjoe

| snork

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Albanian

|pam-pam, bam-bam

|grrom

|këm-këm, gam-gam

|përrpërr

|tësh, açu, eçu

|gërr, grro

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Arabic

| tum tum, رطم رطم (raṭama-raṭama)

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| draat, fassi, or tooz

| hatchu

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Armenian

| dchk-dchk, lck-lck

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| thurr, tuss

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|haptchi

Azerbaijani

| gup-gup

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| öhö-öhö

| zart, zırt

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| xor

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Basque

| bun-bun-bun, danba-danba, pal-pal, pil-pil, pilpil-pulpul, pilpiri-palpara, pir-pir, pupa, sast-sast, tak, taktak, taka-taka, tanka, tanp-tanp, tanpa-tanpa, tapa-tapa, taup-taup, taupa-taupa, tik-tik, tis-tas, trapata, tunpa; (strongly) punpa; (nervously) panp-panp

| broust, korrok, kurrunk, zarra

| aju-aju, atxu-atxu, eiu, eju, keju-keju, kuj-kuj, tuju-tuju, ugh

| par, parra, parrat, pirri, pirrit, pirrit-parrat, porrot, prrrrrrut, puiiiit, purrut, tarrat, tirri eta tarra, tirri-tarra, tirrit tarrat, turrut

| atija, atije, atrija, atxi, atxis, atxix, atxufa, hatifa, hatxiu

| gurrunga, korroka, korronga, korronka, korrox, korroxka, kurrun, kurrunka, pzzz, rru-rru, ru-ru-ru, zirri-zorro, zorro-zorro, zurru, zurrun, zurruzta, zzzzz

| uaaa

Batak

| bar-bar-bar

| org

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| put

| atcim

| korrrr

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Bengali

| দুরদুর (durdur), দুরুদুরু (duruduru), লাব ডুব (lāb dub), dhuk-puk

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| হাঁচি (hąci), hąccho

| bhnosh bhnosh, ঘ ঘ (gho gho)

| hai

Bulgarian

| туп-туп (tup tup)

| уриг (urig)

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| пръц (prats)

| апчих (apchih), ких (kih)

| хърр (hurr)

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Catalan

| tu-tum tu-tum, pu-pum pu-pum

| rot

| cof, cof

| prut

| atxim, atxem

| rrrr, rau-rau

| uà, uaah

Cebuano

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| hahay

Chinese, Cantonese

| 卜卜 (buk4 buk4)

|oek4 or oet4 [œʔ²¹]

|kem4 (kem2)

|but4, but4 but4

| 乞嗤 (hāt-chī)

|got4 syu4, got4 got2 seng1, goet4 goet2 seng1

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Chinese, Mandarin

| 怦怦 (pēng pēng)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/10/ZdicE7ZdicA0ZdicB0225902.htm "怦怦"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

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| 阿嚏 (ā tì)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/15/ZdicE5Zdic98ZdicBB329052.htm "阿嚏"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

| 呼噜 (hū lu)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/15/ZdicE5Zdic98ZdicBB329052.htm "呼噜"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

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Croatian

| tup tup, bum bum

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| kah

| prd

| apćih, apćiha

| zzz

| zijev

Czech

| buch buch

| krk

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| prd

| hepčí {{IPA|[ˈɦɛpt͡ʃiː]}}

| chrrr

| zív

Danish

| dunk dunk, bank bank

| bøvs {{IPA|[bœwˀs]}},[http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=b%C3%B8vs bøvs] ræb {{IPA|[ʁεˀb]}}[http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=r%C3%A6b ræb]

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| prut, fis

| atju, hatju

| snork

| gab

Dutch

| boenk boenk, boem boem, klop, klop

| burp

| uche, uche

| prot

| hatsjoe, hatsjie

| snurk, zzz

| gaap

English

| thump thump, lub dub, ba-bump

| burp

| cough cough

| fart, toot

|achoo

| zzz, honk-shoo

| yawn, ho-hum

Estonian

| tuks tuks

| krooks

| köh köh

| puuks

| atsihh, atsih, aptsihh, aptsih

| norr

|

Filipino

| dub dub dub dub, tibók tibók

| ebb

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| purorót, utót

| hatsíng, bahíng

| kok-sss

| hikab

Finnish

| tu-tum, pu-pum

| röyh

|köh köh

| prut, prööt

| atshii, atshiu, atsiuh, ätshii, ätshiu, ätsiuh

| krooh pyyh

| haukotus{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

French

| boum boum

| beurp

| koff koff, teu-heu

| prout

| atchoum, atchi, atcha

| ron pchi, (rrr) zzz

| ouaaah

German

| ba-dumm, bumm bumm, poch poch

| rülps

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| pups

| hatschi, hatschu

| chrr-pfüüh, schnarch, zzz, chhhh

| gähn

Greek

| ντουκ ντουκ (duk-duk)

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|βήχα βήχα (vikha vikha)

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| αψ(ι)ου (aps(i)u)

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Hebrew

| בּוּם־בּוּם (bum-búm)

| גְּרֶפְּס (greps)

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| פּוּק (pook), פלוץ (flotz)

| אַפְּצִ'י apchi[https://archive.today/20130108095009/http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A6'%D7%99&source=milon "אַפְּצִ'י"] in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/ |date=2010-08-25 }}

| חְררר (xrrr)

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Hindi

| daṛak (pronounced {{IPA|hns|d̪əˈɽək

})

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| achhee

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! Hungarian

| ta-tamm

| böff

| köh-köh

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| hapci

| hrr pityipű

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! Icelandic

| dúnk dúnk

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| atsjú

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! Indonesian

| dag-dig-dug, deg-deg

| erk

| uhuk-uhuk

| pret, prett, tuut

| hacciihh

| grookkk

| hoam

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! Italian

| tu tump

| rutt

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| prot

| etciú

| ronf, zzz

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! Japanese

| (nervous excitement) {{lang|ja|ドキドキ}} (doki doki), (suspense, thrill){{Cite web |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8D&stype=0&dtype=0 |title=どき-どき の意味とは - Yahoo!辞書 |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122236/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8D%E3%81%A9%E3%81%8D&stype=0&dtype=0 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }}

| {{lang|ja|ゲップ}} (geppu)

| {{lang|ja|ゲホゲホ}} (geho-geho), {{lang|ja|ゴホン}} (gohon)

| {{lang|ja|ブ}} (bu), {{lang|ja|プ}} (pu)

| {{lang|ja|ハクション}} (hakushon){{Cite web |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%AF%E3%81%8F%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%82%93&stype=0&dtype=0 |title=はくしょん の意味とは - Yahoo!辞書 |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122323/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%AF%E3%81%8F%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%82%93&stype=0&dtype=0 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }}

| {{lang|ja|ぐうぐう}} gu-gu{{Cite web |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%90%E3%81%86%E3%81%90%E3%81%86&stype=0&dtype=0 |title=ぐう-ぐう の意味とは - Yahoo!辞書 |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908021327/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E3%81%90%E3%81%86%E3%81%90%E3%81%86&stype=0&dtype=0 |archive-date=2012-09-08 |url-status=dead }}

| {{lang|ja|フワアーア}} fuwaāa

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! Kannada

| dub bub, dava dava

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! Kazakh

| дүрс-дүрс (du'rs-du'rs)

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| парт (part), парт-пұрт (part-purt)

| әпшу (apshu)

| қорр (qorr), қорр-қорр (qorr-qorr)

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! Korean

| {{lang|ko|두근두근}} (dugeun dugeun)

| 꺼억 (kkeo-eok)

| 콜록 (kollok)

| 뿡 (ppung)

| {{lang|ko|에취}} (echwi)

| 드르렁 (deureureong)

| 하암 (haam)

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! Latin

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| ruct

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| prox

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! Latvian

| tuk-tuk

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| ačī, apčī

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| žāv

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! Lithuanian

| tuk tuk

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| pirst

| apčiū, apči

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! Macedonian

| туп туп (tup tup)

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| апчиха (apchiha)

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! Malay

| dup dap dup dap

| ə~kk, bəkk

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| pro~t, pret, poot

| achom, achum

| krrohh krrohh, dengkur

| haaa, nguap

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! Marathi

| धड धड (dhad dhad), धक-धक (dhak dhak)

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| ढुस्स (dhuss), ढुम (dhum)

| आच्छीं (acchin), आच्छू (acchoo)

| घोर (ghor), घुर्र (ghurr)

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! Navajo

| tsʼidog

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! Nepali

| ढुक-ढुक({{IPA|ne|ɖʱukɖʱuk|pron}})

|ढ्याउ({{IPA|ne|ɖʱjau̯|pron}})

|ख्याक-ख्याक({{IPA|ne|kʰjakkʰjak|}})

|ह्वास्स({{IPA|ne|ɦwasːʌ|}})

|हाच्छ्यु({{IPA|ne|ˈɦat͡st͡sʰju|pron}})

|घुर-घुर({{IPA|ne|ɡʱurɡʱur|}})

| हाई({{IPA|ne|ɦai̯|}})

|-

! Norwegian

| dunk dunk

|

|

|

| aatsjoo

|

|

|-

! Persian

| tāp-o-tūp, tāp-tāp

| ārūγ

|

| pup

| achu

| xor-o-pof, xor-nāse

|

|-

! Polish

| bum bum, bu-bum

| bek

|

| prrr(yt), prut

| a-psik

| chrrr, chrrr-pśśś

| ziew

|-

! Portuguese

| tun-tum

| burp

|

| pum

| atchim, atchô{{cite web|last1=Marcello|first1=Dulce|title=How To Say Ouch, Atchoo, and Meow in Portuguese|url=https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2016/10/24/how-to-say-ouch-atchoo-and-meow-in-portuguese/|website=Living Language|accessdate=13 April 2018|date=October 24, 2016}}

| zzz

| uah

|-

! Romanian

|

| râg (a râgâi = to burp)

|

| pârț

| hapciu

| sfor

|

|-

! Russian

| тук-тук (tuk-tuk)

|

| кхе-кхе (kkhe-kkhe)

| пук (puk)

| апчхи (apchkhi)

| хр-р-р (khrrr)

|

|-

! Serbian

| туп-туп (tup-tup)

|

|

| трт (trt)

| апћиха (apćiha)

|

|

|-

! Sinhalese

|

|

|

|

| හචිස් (hacis)

|

|

|-

! Slovak

|

| grg

|

|

| hapčí

|

|

|-

! Slovene

|

|

|

|

| ačih, ačiha

|

|

|-

! Spanish

| bum bum bum, tucutún tucutún

|

|tjum, tjum

| prt

| achu, achís, achú

| szzz

|

|-

! Swedish

| du-dunk, du-dunk

| rap

|

| prutt

| atjoo

| snark

| gäsp

|-

! Tamil

| lappu-tappu

|

|

| karukk murukk

| a-choo

|

|

|-

! Telugu

| lab-dab

|

|

| para para

| Haatch

|

|

|-

! Thai

| ตุ้บ ตุ้บ (tup tup), ตึ้ก ตั้ก (tuek tak)

| เอิ่ก (oek)

| แค่ก แค่ก (khaek khaek)

| ปู้ด (puut), ป้าด (pät)

| ฮัดเช่ย (hatchoei), ฮัดชิ่ว (hatchiw)

| ครอก ฟี้ (khrok fi), ครอก ครอก (khrok khrok)

| หาว (hao)

|-

! Turkish

| güm güm, küt küt, güp güp

| gark

| öhö öhö

| zart, zort, pırt

| hapşu

| hor

|

|-

! Urdu

| dhakdhak

|

|

|

|

|

|

|-

! Vietnamese

| thình thịch, bình bịch

|

| ho,

| phẹt, bủm, địt

| hắt xì, ắt xì

| khò, khò khò

| oáp, ngáp

|}

=Cries of distress=

class="wikitable"
Language

! Baby crying

! Scream

! Shriek

Afrikaans

|

|

|

Albanian

| ua-ua, uëë

| au, oh, ai,

|

Arabic

| وع وع (wa'-wa' )

| أي (ai){{cite book|last1=Dickinson|first1=James|last2=Hervey|first2=Sándor|last3=Higgins|first3=Ian|title=Thinking Arabic Translation: A course in translation method|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|location=London|page=75|isbn=9780415250641|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-U8ETL53PcC&q=%22arabic+onomatopoeia%22&pg=PA85}}

|

Azerbaijani

|ingə

| uf, of, ox

|

Basque

|

| ai, aiei, epa

|

Batak

| nguek nguek

| alale

| ei

Belarusian

|

| ай (aj)

|

Bengali

| ওয়া ওয়া oaa oaa, ভ্যাঁ ভ্যাঁ 'bhaen̐ bhaen̐, ব্য ব্যঁ bae baen̐ ওয়্যা ওয়্যা oae oae অ্যাহ-হে aeh-he''

|

|

Bulgarian

| уаа уаа (uaa uaa)

| ай (aj), ау (au), ох (oh), ой (oj)

|

Catalan

| enguè, engüè, engú

| ai, au, ui, uix, oi

| hiii, crii

Chinese, Cantonese

|哇哇 (waa1 waa1)

|哎呀 (aai1 jaa3)

|

Chinese, Mandarin

| 哇哇 (wā wā)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/9/ZdicE5Zdic93Zdic87113412.htm "哇哇"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

| 啊 (ā), 噢 (ō), 哎呀 (āiyā), 哎哟 (āiyō)

|

Croatian

|

| jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč

|

Czech

| bé bé {{IPA|[bɛːbɛː]}}

| au, jau

|

Danish

| vræl {{IPA|[ˈvʁεːˀl]}}[http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=vr%C3%A6l vræl]

| av

|

Dutch

|

| au, auw

| iek

English

| wah-wah"[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/display/50279864?keytype=ref&ijkey=rZsysc3bBwpdM wah-wah]" from the Oxford English Dictionary

| ah, arghh ow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes, oof

|gah, eek, yikes

Estonian

| ää-ää

| ai, oi

|

Filipino

| uwá

| aráy, ay, arúy

|

Finnish

| byääh, yää

| au, ai, auts

| iik, kääk

French

| ouin ouin

| aïe, ouille, ayoye (Quebec), ouch (Quebec), aw (Quebec), ouaille (Belgium)

| hii

Galician

|

| ai

|

German

| wäh-wäh

| au, aua, ah, autsch

| uwah, waah, ieh

Greek

| ουά-ουά (ouá-ouá) {{IPA|/uaua/}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/tools/lexica/triantafyllides/search.html?lq=%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC&dq=|title = Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek}}

| ωχ (òkh)

|

Haitian Creole

|

| ay

|

Hebrew

|

| אָח (àx),[https://archive.today/20130108053551/http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=ouch&source=milon "Ouch"] in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/ |date=2010-08-25 }} אָי (ài), אױ װײ (oy vey)

|

Hindi

|

| आहा (àhhà), वाह-वाह (hhàvh-hhàvh)

|

Hungarian

| oá oá

| , á, jaj

|

Icelandic

|

| ái, ói, æi

|

Indonesian

| owe-owe

| aduh, ai, aih, awww

| wao, huwah

Irish

|

| aigh

|

Italian

| uè-uè

| ahi, ahia, ohi

| aah, iih

Japanese

| オギャー (ogyaa){{Cite web |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E3%81%8A%E3%81%8E%E3%82%83%E3%81%82&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=102476500000 |title=おぎゃあ の意味とは - Yahoo!辞書 |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122145/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E3%81%8A%E3%81%8E%E3%82%83%E3%81%82&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=102476500000 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }}

| ギャー (gyā)

| きゃあ (kyaa){{Cite web |url=http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E3%81%8D%E3%82%83&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=0&index=104697200000&pagenum=1 |title=きゃあ の意味とは - Yahoo!辞書 |access-date=2011-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122250/http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E3%81%8D%E3%82%83&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=0&index=104697200000&pagenum=1 |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }}

Kazakh

| іңгә-іңгә (in'ga-in'ga)

|

|

Korean

| 응애-응애 (eung'ae-eung'ae)

| 아 (a), 아야 (aya), 꺄 (kkya)

| 으악 (eu-ak)

Kyrgyz

| ыңаа-ыңаа (yngaa-yngaa)

|

|

Latvian

|

| vai, au, ā

| ai

Lithuanian

|

| ai, oi

|

Macedonian

|

| уф (uf)

|

Malay

| uwek-uwek, wek-wek

| aduh, adoi, adoiyai, opocot, alamak, omakkau, aaah, haish

| iish, eee, iyek

Marathi

| वँ वँ (waan waan)

| आ आ (aa aa), आऽई (aaee)

| आऽई (aaee), ईऽ (ee)

Navajo

|

| ayá

|

Nepali

|

| आ({{IPA|[aː]}}), ऐया({{IPA|[ʌi̯jaː]}})

|

Norwegian

|

| au

|

Pashtu

|

| ooauy, why

|

Persian

| vang-vang

| آخ (āx), وای (vāy)

| آی (āy)

Polish

| łee

| ała (stressed on the last syllable), ła, , auuu, auć, aj

| aaa

Portuguese

| buá buá

| ah, au, ui

| ai

Romanian

| oa-oa, ue-ue

| au, ai, aa, ah

|

Russian

| уа-уа (ua-ua)

| ой (oj), ай (aj), ох (okh)

| уи-и-и (wi-i-i) (of pig)

Serbian

| кме-кме (kme-kme)

| jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč, jao, ауу

|

Slovak

|

| au

|

Slovenian

|

| auč

|

Spanish

| buá buá, ro ro

| au, ay

|

Sinhalese

| oha oha

|

|

Swedish

| uää-uää

| aj, oj

| ii

Thai

| อุแว้ อุแว้ (uwae uwae), แง้ แง้ (ngae ngae)

| อ๊าก (ak), ว๊าก (wak), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)

| อู๊ย (ui), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)

Turkish

| ıngaa

| ah, ahh, of, öf, üf

| ciyak

Ukrainian

|

| ай (aj), йой (joj), ой (oj)

|

Urdu

|

| آہ (-ààh), ooauy

|

Uropi

|

| aw

|

Vietnamese

| oa oa, oe oe

| a, á, ối, oái

| híc

Yiddish

|

| אוי (oy)

|

=Interrupted speech=

class="wikitable"
Language

! Hushing

! Pausing or thinking

! Stuttering

Afrikaans

| sjoes, sjuut

|

| hakkel

Albanian

|shh, shët

|ëëë, ëmm

|gaga, gëgë

Arabic

| suh, hoss

| يعني (y'ani)

| tahtaha

Armenian

|լուռ (loor), սուս (soos)

|ըը, ըհը (uhh, uhu)

| թօթօ (to-to)

Basque

| ixo

| ba...

| ele-mele

Batak

|

|

| a-ak

Bengali

|

|

| থৎমৎ (thôtomôto)

Bulgarian

| шът (shut, sh't)

| ъъъ (aaa)

|

Catalan

| xxt, xst, pst, xit, xist

| ai, au, ui, uix

|

Chinese, Cantonese

|殊 (syu4)

|嗯 (m6, m3)

|甩甩咳咳 (lak1 lak1 kak1 kak1)

Chinese, Mandarin

| 噓 ()[http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE5Zdic98Zdic98.htm "嘘"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

| 嗯 (èn)

|

Croatian

| ššš, pssst

|

|

Czech

| {{IPA|[pʃ]}}

| é {{IPA|[e:]}}/{{IPA|[ʔ]}}, hmmm, mmm

| bla bla

Danish

| ssh, sshy, schyy all pronounced {{IPA|[ʃː(ʷ)]}},{{Cite web|url=http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=ssh|title = SSH — den Danske Ordbog}} tys {{IPA|[tˢys]}},{{Cite web|url=http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=tys|title = Tys — den Danske Ordbog}} hys {{IPA|[hys]}}{{Cite web|url=http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=hys|title = Hys — den Danske Ordbog}}

| øh

|

Dutch

| ssst

| eh

| hakkel, stotter

English

| hush, shh,shush

|uh, um, er, erm, hmmm, mmm

|

Estonian

| kuss, tšš

| ee

|

Filipino

| tsut

|

| sasasasa

Finnish

| shh, hys

| öö

|

French

| chut

| heu, euh

|

German

| pst, pscht

| äh, ähm

| Hawa, hawa, babababa

Greek

| σσσ (ssss), σσουτ (ssut), σιωπή (sjopí, “silence”)

| μα (ma), ε (eh)

|

Hebrew

| שְשש (shh)

| אהמ (ehm)

| גִּמְגּוּם (gimgum)

Hungarian

| pissz, psszt

| hm, hmm, őő

|

Icelandic

| uss, suss

|

|

Indonesian

| ssst

| hmmm

| a ak

Italian

| shh

| mmm, ehm

|

Japanese

| シー (shh)

| うーん (ūn), エート (ēto)

|

Korean

| 쉿 (swit)

| 어 (eo), 음 (eum), 그 (keu)

| 어쩌고저쩌고 (eojjeogojeojjeogo), 이러쿵저러쿵 (ireokungjeoreokung)

Latvian

| kuš, ššš

| mmm, hmm

|

Lithuanian

| ša, ššš

|

|

Malay

| shhht

| aaa, amm

| ha ha

Marathi

| शूऽऽ (ssshhhoo), चुप (chup)

| हम्ऽ (hmm)

| तत पप (tata papa)

Norwegian

| hysj

| ø, øh

|

Persian

| hīs

| hmm

| tete-pete

Polish

| ćśśś

| hmmm, yyy, eee

| y-yh

Portuguese

| chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu

| ããã, âââ, hmm

|

Romanian

| sst, șșt, șșș

| ăăă

| bâl-bâl

Russian

| тс-с (ts-s), ш-ш (sh-sh), цыц (tsyts)

| хм (hm), эм (em)

| ик (ik)

Serbian

| пссст (pssst), шшш (shhh)

|

|

Sinhalese

|

|

| බැක් බැක් (bäk bäk)

Slovak

| čššš, pssst

| hmmm

| bla bla bla

Slovene

|pšt, pst

|hm, em

|

Spanish

| chitón, cht

| mmm

|

Swedish

| schh

| öh

|

Tamil

| oosshhh

|

|

Thai

| จุ๊จุ๊ (chu chu), ชู่ (chuu)

| เอ่อ (oe), อืม (uem)

| ตะ ตะ ตะ (ta ta ta)

Turkish

| şişt, şişş

| ııı, ee, hmm

| kekelemek

Ukrainian

| цить (tsyt)

|

| гик (hyk)

Uropi

| cit, ccc

|

|

Vietnamese

| suỵt, xuýt

| hmm, hừmm

| lắp bắp

=Expressions of positive emotions=

class="wikitable"
Language

! Laughter

! Kiss

Afrikaans

| ha ha

| mwa

Albanian

|ha ha, hu hu, he he

| puç, mpuç

Arabic

| hà hà

| mwa

Armenian

| քա քա (ka ka), չա չա (cha cha)

|

Asturian

| ḥa ḥa, ḥe ḥe

|

Basque

| kar kar

| pa

Batak

| kakak

| ummah

Bengali

| হাঃ হাঃ hah hah, হীহী hee hee, হো হো ho ho

| চুম্ম chummo, চুম্মা chumma, সুম্মা summa, উম্মা umma, উম্ম্বা ummwa

Bosnian

| ha ha, he he, hi hi

| cmok, pusa

Bulgarian

| хаха (haha), хехехе (hehe), хихи (hihi)

| цун (tsun), мляс (mlyas)

Catalan

| haha, hehe, hihi, hoho, clac clac, clec clec

| muà, muac, txuic, xuic

Chinese, Cantonese

|哈哈 (haa1 haa1)

|

Chinese, Mandarin

| 哈哈 (hā hā),[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/9/ZdicE5Zdic93Zdic88316873.htm "哈哈"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary] 呵呵 (hē hē),[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/8/ZdicE5Zdic91ZdicB5317217.htm "呵呵"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary] 嘻嘻 (xī xī),[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/15/ZdicE5Zdic98ZdicBB329052.htm "嘻嘻"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary] 嘿嘿 (hēi hēi)

| boh 啵 (This word is a modern creation){{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

Croatian

| ha ha, he he, hi hi

| cmok

Czech

| ha ha, cha cha {{IPA|[xa xa]}}, chi chi {{IPA|[xi xi]}}

|

Danish

| ha ha, hi hi, hæ hæ, ho ho, ti hi

| møs

Dutch

| haha, hihi

| smak, mwah

English

| haha, heh-heh, hoho, (tee)heehee

| mwah, smooch, smack

Estonian

| haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi

| mopsti

Filipino

| haha, hehe, hihi

| tsup, mwah

Finnish

| haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent)

| muisk

French

| haha, héhé, hihi, hoho

| mouah, smack

German

| haha, hihi

| muah, schmatz

Greek

| χαχα (haha), χεχε (hehe)

| μα (ma), ματς (mats), μουτς (mouts)

Hebrew

| חָה־חָה (xà xà)[http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%D7%97%D7%94%20%D7%97%D7%94%20%D7%97%D7%94&source=milon "חָה חָה חָה"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807061016/http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%D7%97%D7%94%20%D7%97%D7%94%20%D7%97%D7%94&source=milon |date=2011-08-07 }} in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/ |date=2010-08-25 }}

| מוּאָה (mwa)

Hindi

|

| mmuah

Hungarian

| haha, hehe, hihi, höhö

| cupp

Icelandic

| haha, hehe, (tittering or laughter) híhí

|

Indonesian

| haha, hehe, wakaka, 'wkwkwk'

| muahhh, cupp

Italian

| ah ah, eh eh, ih ih, uh uh

| muah

Japanese

| あはは (ahaha), フフ (fu fu)

| チュー (chū)

Kazakh

| қарқ-қарқ (qarq-qarq)

| шөп (sho'p)

Korean

| 하하 (haha), 케케 (keke)

| 쪽 (jjok)

Latvian

| ha ha

| buč

Lithuanian

| cha cha

| pakšt

Macedonian

|

| цмок (tsmoc)

Malay

| kahkah, haha, kiki, bahahah

| muah

Malayalam

| ഹഹഹ/ഹിഹിഹി(hahaha/hihihi)

| ഉമ്മ (umma)

Marathi

| हा हा (ha ha), खो खो (kho kho) (loud laughter)

| उम्ऽमा (umma)

Navajo

|

| ts'oos, k'oos

Nepali

| हाहा (haha {{IPA|ne|ɦaɦa

}), ahaha

| म्म्वाँ ({{IPA|ne|mːwã|}})

|-

! Norwegian

| ha-ha, he-he, hi-hi, ho-ho

| smask

|-

! Persian

| hā-hā, he-he, qāh-qāh

| m, mp, māč-o-mūč

|-

! Polish

| haha, hihi, hehe, hoho

| cmok

|-

! Portuguese

| haha, kaka, huehua

| splish splash, smac, chuac

|-

! Romanian

| ha-ha, hi-hi

| smac, ţoc, mua

|-

! Russian

| хаха (haha), хихи (hihi), хехе (hèhè)

| чмок (chmoк)

|-

! Serbian

| хаха (haha), хихи (hihi), хехе (hehe)

| цмок (cmok)

|-

! Sinhalese

|

| උම්ම (umma)

|-

! Slovak

| ha ha, cha cha, hi hi

| cmuk

|-

! Slovene

| haha, hihi, hehe, hoho, huhu

| cmok

|-

! Somali

| k(h)a k(h)a

|

|-

! Spanish

| jaja, jeje, jiji, jojo, juju

| mua, muac, chuik (South America)

|-

! Swedish

| haha,hehe,hoho,hihi,höhö,håhå

| smack

|-

! Tamil

| hihi

| umma

|-

! Telugu

|haha

| umma

|-

! Thai

| ฮ่า ๆ ๆ (hahaha)

| จุ๊บ (chup), จ๊วบ (chuap)

|-

! Turkish

| haha, hehe, hihi (girly), kikir (girly, sarcastic), hoho (sarcastic)

| muck {{IPA|/mudʒ(u)k/}}

|-

! Ukrainian

| ги ги [hihi],ги-ги-ги,га-га [haha],ге-ге [hehe],гі-гі [hihi],кха [kkha],і-хи-хи-х [i khi khi kh],haha,іх [ikh],[khe khe],[khi:],[kha:]

| цьом (tsiom)

|-

! Vietnamese

| ha ha, hi hi, hô hô, keke, ka ka, hehe, hi hô, hêlo duke huê

| chụt

|}

Animal sounds

=Bird sounds=

==Domestic birds==

class="wikitable"
Language

! Chicken clucking

! Rooster crowing

! Turkey calling

! Goose calling

! Duck calling

Afrikaans

| kloek kloek

| koekeloekoe

|

|

| kwaak

Albanian

|

| kikiriki

|glluglluk

|gak-gak

| mak-mak

Arabic

| قرقر (qur qur), بق بق بيق (baq baq baiq){{cite web|last1=الدغامين|first1=أحمد|title=السموع : أسماء أصوات الحيوانات والطيور بالعربية ( الجزء الأول )|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/al_Samu__1095/Article_8899.html|accessdate=12 April 2018|location=Abu Dhabi|date=March 6, 2008}}

| kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo, صقاع (siqā`)

|

| كواك كواك (kwāk kwāk){{cite web|title=quack|url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-arabic/quack/forced|website=Reverso Dictionary|publisher=Reverso-Softissimo|accessdate=12 April 2018}}

| وق وق (waq-waq), بطبطة (batbata){{cite web|title=Translation of "وقوق" in English|url=http://context.reverso.net/translation/arabic-english/%D9%88%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82|website=Reverso Context|publisher=Reverso-Softissimo|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=2017}}[http://www.baheth.info/all.jsp?term=%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A9 الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي]

Armenian

| ճիտ ճիտ ճիտ (jeed jeed jeed)

| tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo, coo-coo-ree-coo

|

|

|

Basque

| kakara-kakara

| kukurruku

|

| karra-karra

| par-par

Batak

| kotek-kotek

|

|

|

| kuak-kuak

Bengali

| খক খক (khok khok), কক কক (kok kok)

| কক্কড়ো (kokkodo), কক্কড়ক (kokkodok), কুক্কুরুক্কু (kukkurukku), খুক্কুরুক্কু (khukkurukku)

|

|

| pnak pnak

Bulgarian

| ко-ко-ко (ko-ko-ko)

| кукуригу (cucurigu)

|

| квак-квак (kvak kvak)

| па-па (paa paa)

Catalan

| cloc, cloc-cloc

| quiquiriquic, cocorococ

| glo-glo-gloc, glu-glu

| coac-coac, guac-guac, qüec-qüec

| coac-coac, mec-mec, nyec, qüec-qüec

Chinese, Cantonese

|咯咯 (gok4 gok1)

|咯咯咯咯 (gok4 gok1 gok3 gok6)

|

|

|呱呱 (gwek4 gwek2)

Chinese, Mandarin

| 咯咯 (gē gē)

| 咕咕咕 (gū gū gū){{cite web|title=Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages|url=https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|website=Living Language|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003328/http://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

|

|

| 嘎嘎 (gā gā),[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/14/ZdicE5Zdic98Zdic8E315846.htm "嘎嘎"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary] 呱呱 (guā guā)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/8/ZdicE5Zdic91ZdicB181306.htm "呱呱"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

Croatian

| kokoda, kokodak

| kukuriku

| "glu-glu-glu"

| ga ga

| kva kva

Czech

| kokodák

| kykirikí

| hudry hudry

| ga ga

| káč káč

Danish

| kuk kuk, gok gok

| kykkeliky

|

|

| rap rap

Dutch

| tok tok tok

| kukeleku

|

| gak gak

| kwak kwak, kwaak kwaak

English

| cluck cluck, bawk bawk, bok bok bok, bok bok b'gawk, buk erk

| cock a doodle doo

| gobble gobble

| honk honk

| quack

Estonian

| kaa-kaa, kaak-kaak

| kikerikii, kukeleegu

|

| kaak kaak

| prääk prääk, prääks prääks

Filipino

| po-kok

| tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok

|

| ong ong

| kwak kwak

Finnish

| kot kot

| kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing)

|klu klu klu

|

| kvaak kvaak

French

| cot cot, cot cot cot, cot cot codet

| cocorico

|

| ca car

| coin coin

Georgian

|

| ყიყლიყო (qiqliqo)

|

|

|

German

| gack gack gack, guaguagua

| kikeriki

|

| gack gack

| quak quak

Greek

| κο κο (ko ko), κλο κλο (klo klo) (sitting)

| κικιρίκου (kikiriku)

|

|

| κουάκ κουάκ (kuak kuak)

Hebrew

| קוּר־קוּר־קוּר (qur qur qur), בָּק־בָּק־בָּק (bàq bàq bàq)

| קוּקוּרִיקוּ (quuquuriqu)

|

| גַּע־גַּע (gaqh gaqh)

| גַּע־גַּע (gaʕ gaʕ)

Hindi

|

| ku-kudu-koo

|

|

|

Hungarian

| kot-kot-kot-kodács

| kukurikú

|

| gá gá

| háp háp

Icelandic

|

| gaggalagó

|

|

| bra bra

Indonesian

| petok-petok

| kukuruyuk

|

| kwak kwak

| kwek kwek

Irish

|

| cuc-adiú-dil-ú

|

|

| vác{{cite book |last1=De Bhaldraithe |first1=Tómas |title=English-Irish Dictionary |date=2004 |publisher=An Gúm |location=24-27 Sráid Fhreidric Thuaidh, Baile Átha Cliath 1 |isbn=9781857910353 |page=569 |edition=15}}

Italian

| coccodè

| chicchirichi

|glu glu

| qua qua

| qua qua

Japanese

| コッコッ (kokko)

| コケコッコー (kokekokkō)

|

| ガーガー (gā gā)

| ガーガー (gā gā)

Kazakh

| қыт-қыт (qyt-qyt)

|

|

|

| қақ-қақ (qaq-qaq)

Korean

| 꼬꼬댁 (kko kko daek)

| 꼬꼬댁 꼬꼬 (kkokkodaek kko), 꼬끼오 (kko-kki-o)

|

| 꽤액-꽤액 (kkwae-aek-kkwae-aek)

| 꽥꽥 (kkwaek kkwaek)

Latgalian

| kā kā

| kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō

|

| gā gā

|

Latin

|

| cocococo

|

|

|

Latvian

| kluk kluk

| kikerigū

|

| gā gā

| pēk pēk

Lithuanian

| kud kudak, ko ko ko

| kakarykū, kakariekū

| šuldu buldu

| gar gar

| kva kva

Macedonian

|

| кукурику (kukuriku)

|

|

| ква ква (kva kva)

Malayalam

|

| കൊക്കരക്കോ (kokarakkoo)

|

|

|

Marathi

|

| कुकूच-कू (kukooch-koo!)

|

|

| पक पक (pak pak)"{{ill|प्राण्यांचे_आवाज|mr|प्राण्यांचे आवाज|vertical-align=sup}}" from the Marathi Wikipedia

Nepali

|

| kukhuri kaa

|

|

| braaaq caaq

Norwegian

| klukk klukk

| kykkeliky

|

|

| kvakk kvakk

Persian

| qod-qod, qod-qod-qodā(s)

| qūqūli qū-qū

|

|

| (Northern) mak-mak

Polish

| ko ko ko, kod-kodaak

| kukuryku

| gul gul

| gę gę

| kwa kwa kwa

Portuguese

| có có có

| cocorocó, cocoricó

|

| quem quem /qüém qüém/, qua qua

| quá quá, quak quak

Romanian

| cotcodac

| cucurigu

|

| ga ga

| mac mac

Russian

| ко-ко-ко (ko-ko-ko), куд-куда (kud-kuda)

| кукареку (ku-ka-re-ku)

|

| га-га-га (ga-ga-ga)

| кря-кря (krja krja)

Serbian

| кокода (kokoda)

| кукурику (kukuriku)

|

| га (ga)

| квак (kvak)

Sinhalese

|

| කුක්කු කූක් කූ (kuku kūk kuu)

|

|

|

Slovene

| kokodak

| kikiriki

| (godráti, kevdráti)

| ga ga

| kva kvak

Spanish

| coc co co coc

| quiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó

| glu, glu, glu

| cua cua

| cua cua

Sundanese

|

| kongkorongok

|

|

|

Swedish

| kluck kluck, kackel

| kuckeliku

|

|

| kvack kvack

Tamil

|

| kokkara-ko-ko

|

| baack baack

| kua kua

Telugu

|

| kokkaro-ko

|

|

|

Thai

| กุ๊ก ๆ (kuk kuk)

| เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก (ek-i-ek-ek)

|

|

| ก้าบ ๆ (kap kap)

Turkish

| gıt-gıt gıdaak

| ü-ürü-üüü {{IPA|/yʔyryʔyː/}}

| gulu gulu

| vak vak

| vak vak

Ukrainian

|

| кукуріку (koo-ku-ri-koo)

|

| ґа-ґа-ґа (ga-ga-ga)

| ках ках (kakh kakh)

Uropi

|

|

|

|

| kwa kwa

Vietnamese

| (cục ta) cục tác

| ò ó o (oooooo)

|

| quạc quạc, cà kếu

| cạp cạp

==Wild birds==

class="wikitable"
Language

! Bird singing

! Crow calling

! Owl hooting

Afrikaans

| twiet twiet

|

| hoe-hoe

Albanian

| ciu-ciu

|krra-krra

|ku-ku

Arabic

| سِقسِق (siqsiq),{{Cite book |title=The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic |publisher=Spoken Language Services |year=1993 |isbn=978-0879500030 |editor-last=Cowan |editor-first=J.M. |edition=4 |page=483}} غِرد (gharid) (to chirp),{{Cite book |title=The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic |publisher=Spoken Language Services |year=1993 |isbn=978-0879500030 |editor-last=Cowan |editor-first=J.M. |edition=4 |page=784}} زِيو زِيو (ziw ziw)

| قاقا qà qà, نعيق (na'eeq),[http://www.baheth.info/all.jsp?term=%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%82 الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي] / نعيب (na'eeb)[http://www.baheth.info/all.jsp?term=%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A8 الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي]

|

Armenian

| ճիւ ճիւ (jiv jiv)

|կաաք, կաաք (gaak, gaak)

|պու պու (boo boo)

Basque

| txio-txio

| karra-karra

| hu-hu-hu

Batak

|

|

|

Bengali

| kichir michir

| কা কা (ka ka)

| huup huup

Bosnian

| čip čip

|

|

Bulgarian

| чик-чирик (chik-chirik)

| га га (ga ga)

| бууу (buuu)

Catalan

| piu-piu, xiu-xiu

| òc-òc

| xut

Chinese, Cantonese

|

| 呱呱 (gua, gua)

|

Chinese, Mandarin

| 叽叽喳喳 (jī jī zhā zhā)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/5/ZdicE5Zdic8FZdicBD346280.htm "叽叽喳喳"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

| 哑哑 (yā yā)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/9/ZdicE5Zdic93Zdic91108749.htm "哑哑"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

|

Croatian

| živ živ, dživ dživ

| kra kra

| hu hu

Czech

| píp píp, cvrliki

| krá krá

| hůůů

Danish

| pip pip, kvit kvit, kvittevit

| kra kra

|

Dutch

| twiet twiet, tjierp, tjielp, tsjilp

| kra kra

| oehoe

English

| chirp chirp, tweet tweet, cheep cheep, peep peep

| caw caw

|hoo hoo, twit twoo (AUS), toowit toowoo

Estonian

| siuts siuts, siit siit, tsirr tsirr, sirts sirts, siu siu

| kraaks kraaks

| uhuu

Filipino

| twit twit

| wák wák

|

Finnish

| tsirp tsirp, tviit, piip piip, ti-ti-tyy (great tit)

| kraa kraa

| huhuu

French

| cui cui, piou piou

| crôa crôa

| ouh ouh

German

| piep piep, tschiep

| krah krah

| hu hu

Greek

| τσίου τσίου (tsiu tsiu)

| κρα κρα (kra kra)

|

Hebrew

| צִיף־צִיף (tsif tsif), צְוִיץ־צְוִיץ (tswits tswits)

| קְרָע־קְרָע (qràqh qràqh)

| הוּ־הוווּ (hu-huuu)

Hindi

| cheh cheh

| kaa kaa

|

Hungarian

| csip-csirip

| kár kár

| hú hú

Icelandic

| bíbí, tvít tvít

| krúnk krúnk

| ú ú

Indonesian

| cit-cit, cicitcuit

| kaa kaa, kak kak

| kuk-kuk

Italian

| cip cip, pio pio (chick)

| cra cra

| huu huu

Japanese

| (chick) ピヨ ピヨ (piyo piyo), ひいひい (hī, hī), チュンチュン (chun chun)

| カアカア (kaa kaa), ガアガア (gaa gaa)

| ホウホウ (hō hō)

Kannada

|

| kha-kha

|

Kazakh

| шыр-шыр (shyr-shyr), шық-шық (shyq-shyq)

| қарқ-қарқ (qarq-qarq)

|

Korean

| 짹짹 (jjaek jjaek)

| 까악까악 (kkaak kkaak)

| 부엉부엉 (bu-eong)

Latgalian

|

| krā

|

Latvian

| čiu čiu, čiv čiv

| krā

| u-hū

Lithuanian

| čik čirik, čyru vyru

| kar kar

|

Macedonian

| чурулик чурулик (churulik churulik)

| гра гра (gra gra)

|

Malay

| cip cip

|

|

Malayalam

| കൂ കൂ(coo coo)

| ക്രാ ക്രാ (kra kra)

|

Marathi

| किलबिल (kil-bil), छिव-छिव (chiw-chiw), कुहू-कुहू (coohoo-coohoo), किल-किल (kil-kil), काव-काव (kaw-kaw)

| काव-काव (kav-kav)

|

Norwegian

|

| kra kra

|

Persian

| چه‌چه (čah-čah), چهچهه (čah-čahe)

| قارقار (qār-qār)

|

Polish

| ćwir ćwir, fiu-fiu

| kra kra

| hu-huuu

Portuguese

| piu piu

| cra cra

| u-huu

Romanian

| cip cirip, piu piu

| cra cra

| hu-huuu

Russian

| чирик-чирик (chirik-chirik), чик-чирик (chik-chirik), чив-чив (chiv-chiv)

| кар-кар (kar kar)

| угу (ugu), уху (ukhu)

Serbian

| ћију-ћију (ćiju-ćiju)

|кра-кра (kra-kra)

|

Sinhalese

| කුමු-කුමු (kumu kumu)

| කාක්-කාක් (kāk kāk)

|

Slovak

| píp píp, čvirik, čvirik

|

|

Slovene

| čiv čiv

| kra kra

|hu hu

Spanish

| pío pío

| cuaa cuaaa, uacc uac

|uh, uh

Swedish

| kvitter kvitter

| kra kra, krax krax

| ho-hoo

Tamil

| koo koo

| kaa kaa

|

Telugu

|

| kaau kaau

|

Thai

| จิ๊บ ๆ (chip chip)

| กา กา (ka ka; ka also means a crow)

| ฮูก ๆ (huk huk)

Turkish

| cik cik {{IPA|/dʒik dʒik/}}, cibili cibili, şak şak

| gaak gaak

| gu guk guuk

Ukrainian

| тьох-тьох (t'okh-t'okh), фіть-фіть (fit'-fit' )

|

|

Vietnamese

| chíp chíp

| quạ quạ (quạ also means a crow)

| hu hú, "cu cu"

=Mammal sounds=

==Cats and dogs==

class="wikitable"
Language

! Cat meowing

! Dog barking

! Dog or wolf howling

Afrikaans

| miaau

| woef

|

Albanian

| mjau-mjau

| ham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uof

|huu, auu

Arabic

| مُواَء (muwà-) miao ( مياو )

| نباح (nibaah), haw haw, hab hab

| عواء (awoooo)

Armenian

| միաւ (mee-av)

| հաւ հաւ (hav hav)

|

Basque

| mau

| au-au, txau-txau (small dogs), zaunk-zaunk (big dogs)

| ulu-ulu

Batak

| ngeong

| kung-kung

| auuung

Bengali

| মিউ মিউ ({{lang|bn-Latn|miu miu}})

| ঘেউ ঘেউ ({{lang|bn-Latn|gheu gheu}}), ভেউ ভেউ ({{lang|bn-Latn|bheu bheu}}), ভউ ভউ ({{lang|bn-Latn|bhou bhou}})

| huukka huuya

Bulgarian

| мяу (mjau)

| бау бау (bau bau), джаф джаф (djaff djaff)

| аууу (auuu)

Catalan

| marramèu, mèu {{IPA|ca|(mərə)ˈmɛw

}, marramau, mau

| bup-bup, bub-bub

| auu, ahú

|-

! Chinese, Cantonese

| 喵喵 (mēu-mēu)

| 㕵㕵 (wōu-wōu)

|

|-

! Chinese, Mandarin

| 喵 (miāo)[http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE5Zdic96ZdicB5.htm "喵"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

| 汪汪 (wāng wāng)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/7/ZdicE6ZdicB1ZdicAA59106.htm "汪汪"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

|

|-

! Croatian

| mijau; mrnjau (tomcat)

| vau vau

| auuuuu

|-

! Czech

| mňau {{IPA|[mɲau]}}

| haf haf

| auuuuu

|-

! Danish

| mjau, mjav, miau, miav

| vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf

|

|-

! Dutch

| miauw, mauw

| waf waf, woef woef

|

|-

! Egyptian

| mjw (miu)

|

|

|-

! English

| miaow (UK), meow (US)

| woof, arf, bow wow, ruff, bark, yap yap, yip yip (small dog)

| awoo, aroo

|-

! Estonian

| mäu, mjäu, näu, njau, kurnjau

| auh auh

|

|-

! Filipino

| meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw

| aw aw

|

|-

! Finnish

| miau, mau, nau, kurnau

| hau hau, vuh vuh

|auuu, vouuu

|-

! French

| miaou {{IPA|fr|mja.u|}}{{cite web|title=Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages|url=https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|website=Living Language|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003328/http://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

| ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf

| aoouu

|-

! Galician

|

| jau jau

|

|-

! German

| miau{{cite web|title=Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages|url=https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|website=Living Language|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003328/http://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

| wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff

|

|-

! Greek

| νιάου (niau)

| γαβ γαβ (ghav ghav)

| αουυυ (auuu)

|-

! Hebrew

| מְיָאוּ (miàw)

| הַב־הַב (hav hav), הַאוּ־הַאוּ (haw haw)

| אַאוווּ (awooo)

|-

! Hindi

| myaau, myaaoo

| भो भो (bho bho)

|

|-

! Hungarian

| miaú, nyau

| vau vau

|

|-

! Icelandic

| mjá

| voff voff

|

|-

! Indonesian

| meong

| guk guk

| auuu

|-

! Italian

| miao, miau, mao{{cite web|title=Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages|url=https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|website=Living Language|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003328/http://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

| bau bau

| auuu

|-

! Japanese

| ニャー (nyā){{cite web|title=Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages|url=https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|website=Living Language|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003328/http://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

| ワンワン (wan wan), アウアウ (au au, smaller dogs)

| ワオーン (waōn), アオーン (aōn)

|-

! Kannada

|

| bow bow

|

|-

! Kazakh

| мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau)

| арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau)

| ұұұ (üüü)

|-

! Korean

| 야옹 (yaong)

| 멍멍 (meong meong)

| 아우우우 (a-uuu)

|-

! Latgalian

| ņau ņau

| vau vau

|

|-

! Latvian

| mjau, ņau

| vau

|

|-

! Lithuanian

| miau

| au au

| aūūū

|-

! Macedonian

| мјау (mjau)

| ав ав (av av), џав џав (dzhav dzhav)

|

|-

! Malayalam

| ങ്യാവൂ ങ്യാവൂ(ngyaoo ngyaoo)

| ബൌ ബൌ(bau bau)

|

|-

! Malay

| اياو (iau)

|

|

|-

! Marathi

| म्यांव (meow/myao)

| भो-भो (bho bho)

| कुई (kuii)

|-

! Nepali

| म्याउँ ({{IPA|ne|mjãũ̯|}})

|भौ-भौ ({{IPA|ne|bʱʌu̯bʱʌu̯|}})

|

|-

! Norwegian

| mjau

| voff voff, vov vov

|

|-

! Persian

| میومیو (mioo mioo)

| واق واق (vāq vāq), هاف هاف (hāf-hāf)

|

|-

! Polish

| miau

| hau hau

| a-uuu

|-

! Portuguese

| miau

| au au, ão ão, béu béu

| auuu

|-

! Romanian

| miau

| ham ham

| auuu

|-

! Russian

| мяу (mjau)

| {{lang|ru|гав-гав}} (gav gav, big dogs), {{lang|ru|тяф-тяф}} (tyaf tyaf, small dogs)

| у-у-у (wu-u-u)

|-

! Serbian

|мњау (mnjau)

| ав ав (av av)

| ауууу (auuu)

|-

! Sinhalese

| ඤාවු (ñāvu)

| බුඃ බුඃ (buh buh)

|

|-

!Slovak

|mňau

|hav-hav, hau-hau, haf-haf

|

|-

! Slovene

| mijav

| hov hov

|auuu

|-

! Spanish

| miau {{IPA|es|ˈmjaw|}}{{cite web|title=Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages|url=https://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|website=Living Language|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=March 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003328/http://www.livinglanguage.com/blog/2013/03/08/nyaa-or-miao-animal-sounds-across-languages/|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead}}

| guau guau

| auuu

|-

! Swedish

| mjau, mjao, jam

| vov vov, voff voff

|

|-

! Tamil

| மியா (miaow(m))

| லொள் லொள் (loll-loll), vovw-vovw, vazh vazh

|

|-

! Telugu

| miao(m)

| bau bau

|

|-

! Thai

| เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew)

| โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok)

| โบร๋ว์ (brow)

|-

! Turkish

| miyav

| hav hav

| auuu

|-

! Ukrainian

| няв (niav)

| гав (hav)

|

|-

! Urdu

| meow{{Cite web |url=http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html |title=Derek Abbott's Animal Noise Page |access-date=2009-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217000528/http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html |archive-date=2011-02-17 |url-status=dead }}

|

|

|-

! Uropi

| miaw

| waw waw

|

|-

! Vietnamese

| meo

| gâu gâu, sủa sủa

|

|-

! Volapük

| miov

|

|

|-

!Welsh

|miaw

|

|

|}

==Equine sounds==

class="wikitable"
Language

! Horse whinnying

! Horse trotting

! Horse galloping

! Donkey braying

Afrikaans

| runnik

|

|

| hie hô

Albanian

|iihihihi

|trro-trro, trrok-trrok

|

|ia-ia, ioo-ioo

Arabic

| صهيل (saheel)

| deregin-deregin

|

| نهيق (naheeq)

Basque

| iiiiii

| traka-traka

|

| aja-ja

Bengali

| chi hni

| tag bag

| tag bag

|

Bulgarian

|

| тъгъдък тъгъдък (tagadak tagadak)

|

| и-аа и-аа (i-aa i-aa)

Catalan

| hiii, iii

| toc-toc toc-toc [tɔk tɔk]

|to-co-toc to-co-toc [tɔkɔ:tɔk]

| i-aaa, ihà

Croatian

| njihaa

| klop klop

|

| i-a

Czech

| íí-hahá

|

|

| íí-áá

Danish

| vrinsk

| gadagung gadagung

|

|

Dutch

| niii, hiii

|

| kataklop kataklop

| ie-aa

English

| neigh

| clip clop

| gallop

| hee-haw

Estonian

| ii-ha-haa

| koppadi kopp

|

|

Finnish

| ii-ha-haa

| klip-klop

| kopoti kopoti, koppoti koppoti

| ihaa

French

| hiii hiii

| pa-ta-clop

| cataclop cataclop, dougoudoum dougoudoum

| hi han

German

| wiehiehie

|

|

| i-ah

Hebrew

| הִי־הִי (hii hii)

|

|

| אִי־אָה (-i-à)

Hindi

| हिं-हिं (hin-hina)

|

|

| ढैंचू ढैंचू (Dhai.nchu Dhai.nchu)

Hungarian

| nyihaha

| klop-klop-klop

|

| i-á

Icelandic

| hneggja

|

|

|

Indonesian

| yihaa

|

|

|

Italian

| hiii hiii

| clop-clop-clop, cloppete clappete

|

| ih oh

Japanese

| {{lang|ja|ヒーン}} (hīn)

| {{lang|ja|ガラガラ}} (gara-gara)

| {{lang|ja|パカラッパカラッ}} (pakarap-pakara)

|

Kazakh

| мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau)

| арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau)

| ұұұ (üüü)

|

Korean

| {{lang|ko|히잉}} (hi-ing)

|다그닥 다그닥 (dag-dak dag-dak)

|

|

Latin

| hinni

|

|

|

Latvian

| ī-ā

| klap klap

| dipada-dapada

|

Lithuanian

| yhaha, ygaga

| taukšt-taukšt

| tau tau ta-taukšt

| i-haaa

Marathi

|

| tagdak-tagdak तग्डक-तग्डक

|

|

Norwegian

| vrinsk

|

|

|

Persian

| šīhe (شیهه)

| pūtikā pūtikā

|

| عرعر (ar-ar)

Polish

| iii-haaa

| kla-klo kla-klo (actually /Alveolar click/, but with the mouth alternately opening and almost closing)

| patataj patataj (stressed on the last syllable)

| iii-haa

Portuguese

| hi hi

| pocotó pocotó

|

| ii-á, ii-ó

Romanian

| ni-ha-ha

| trop trop

|

| i-ha

Russian

| и-го-го (i-go-go)

| цок-цок (tsok-tsok) (colloquial), тыгыдык-тыгыдык (tygydyk-tygydyk), тыгдым-тыгдым (tygdym-tygdym)

|

| ии-а (ii-a)

Serbian

| њиии (njiii)

| клоп-клоп-клоп (klop-klop-klop)

|

| њи-ааа (nji-aaa)

Slovenian

|iha, ihaha

|klop klop

|

|i-a

Spanish

| ji ji

| tucutun tucutun

|

| i-o

Swedish

| gnägg

|

|

|

Tagalog

| hihihi haha

|

|

|

Thai

| {{lang|th|ฮี้ ๆ}} (hii hii)

| {{lang|th|กุบกับ กุบกับ}} (kupkap kupkap)

|

|

Turkish

| ih-hi-i-i

| dıgı-dıg dıgı-dıg

|

| aa-ii

Vietnamese

| hí hí hí

| nhong nhong

| cà lộc

|

==Animals with cloven hoofs==

class="wikitable"
Language

! Cow mooing

! Sheep bleating

! Goat bleating

! Pig grunting

! Pig squealing

Afrikaans

| moe

|

|

|

|

Albanian

|muu

|behehe, bee

|behehe, bee

|hunk-hunk

|

Arabic

| moo, ngoah

| امباع (mbaa), مأة (maa' )

| ثغاء{{cite web|title=ثغاء|url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/arabic-english/%D8%AB%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A1|website=Reverso Dictionary|publisher=Reverso-Softissimo|accessdate=13 April 2018}}

| قباع (qibaa)

|

Armenian

|

| մայ (may)

|

|

|

Basque

| mu

| mee

| bee

| kurrin-kurrin

|

Bengali

| hamba

| myaa myaa

| byaa byaa/ ম্যা ম্যা(me me)

| ghnot ghnot

|

Bulgarian

| муу (muu)

| беее (beee)

| меее (meee)

| грух грух (gruh gruh)

|квич-квич (kvich-kvich)

Catalan

|mmm, muu

| bèè, mèè

|bèè, mèè

| oinc-oinc, gronyc

|

Chinese, Cantonese

|

|咩 (me1)

|

|

|

Chinese, Mandarin

| 哞 (mōu)[http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE5Zdic93Zdic9E.htm "哞"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

| 咩 (miē)[http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE5Zdic92ZdicA9.htm "咩"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

|

|

|

Croatian

| muu

| bee

| mee

| rok rok

|

Czech

| bůů

| béé

| meee

| chro chro

| kvík kvík

Danish

| muh

| mæh

|

| øf øf,[http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=%C3%B8f øf - den Danske Ordbog] grynt{{Cite web|url=http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=grynt|title=Grynt — den Danske Ordbog}}

|

Dutch

| boe

| bèh, mèh

|

| knor knor

|

English

| moo

| baa

| maa, naa

| oink oink

|

Estonian

| ammuu, muu, möö

| mää mää

|

| röh röh röh

|

Finnish

| ammuu, muu, möö

| mää, bää

| mä-ä-ä-ää. bä-ä-ä-ää

| röh röh, nöf nöf

| skviik

French

| meuh, mou

| bêêh

|

| groin groin, grouik grouik

|

Georgian

|

| ვეეე (veee)

|

| ღრუტუ ღრუტუ (ghrutu ghrutu)

|

German

| muh

| mäh

|

| grunz grunz, oink oink

|

Greek (ancient)

|

| βῆ ()

|

| ko-i ko-i{{cite book|last1=Aristophanes|first1=son of Philippus|title=Acharnians|date=1920|publisher=Liveright|location=New York|page=780|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-eng1:750-798}}

|

Greek (modern)

| μoυ (mu)

| μεε (mee)

|

|

|

Hebrew

| מוווּ (muuu)

| מֶה (meh)

|

| אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק (-oinq -oinq), חְרר־חְרר (xrr xrr)

|

Hindi

| moo

|

|

|

|

Hungarian

| ,

| bee

| mek mek

| röf röf, uí uí

|

Icelandic

| mu

| mee

|

|

|

Indonesian

| mooh

| mbee, mbek

| mbek

| grok grok

|

Italian

| mu

| bee

|

| oink oink

|

Japanese

| {{lang|ja|モーモー}} (mō mō)

| {{lang|ja|メーメー}} (mē mē)

| {{lang|ja|メーメー}} (mē mē)

| {{lang|ja|ブヒブヒ}} (buhi buhi), {{lang|ja|ブーブー}} (bū bū)

|

Kazakh

| мөө (moo)

|

|

| қорс-қорс (qors-qors)

|

Korean

| 음매 (eum-mae)

| 매 (mae)

매) ( mae )

| 꿀꿀 (kkul kkul)

|

Kyrgyz

|

| маа (maa)

|

|

|

Latgalian

|

|

|

| ruk ruk, kvī kvī

|

Latin

|

| bee

|

|

|

Latvian

|

| ,

|

| ruk ruk, kvī kvī

|

Lithuanian

|

| be

|

| kvy kvy, kvykt kvykt, kriu kriu

|

Marathi

| हम्मा (hamma)

| बँ-बँ (baanh-baanh)

|

|

|

Norwegian

|

|

|

| nøff nøff

|

Persian

| māγ

| bā-bā

|

|

|

Polish

| muuu

| beee

| meee

| chrum chrum

| kwi kwi

Portuguese

| mu mu

| meh

| béee

| ronc ronc, oinc oinc

|

Romanian

| mu

| meee, beee

|

| groh groh

| guiț guiț

Russian

| му (mu)

| бее-е (beh)

| мее-е (meh)

| хрю-хрю (hrju hrju)

|

Serbian

| му (mu)

| бее-е (beh)

| мее-е (meh)

| грок грок (grok grok)

|

Slovak

|múú

|béé

|méé

|kroch-kroch

|kvík-kvík

Slovene

| mu

| be

|me, mekeke

|

| cvi

Spanish

| mu

| beee

|beee

| oinc oinc

| cuí

Swedish

| mu

|

|

| nöff nöff, grymt grymt

|

Tagalog

| ungaa

|

|

| ngok ngok

|

Telugu

| {{lang|te|అంబా}} (amba)

| mae

|

|

|

Thai

| {{lang|th|มอ}} (mo)

| {{lang|th|แบะ แบะ}} (bae bae)

|

| {{lang|th|อู๊ด ๆ}} (uut uut), {{lang|th|ครอก ๆ}} (khrok khrok)

|

Turkish

|

| mee

|

|

|

Uropi

| mu, muh

| bee, beh

|

| grun grun

|

Vietnamese

| ụm bò

| be be

| be be

| ụt ụt, ụt ịt, ỉn ỉn, ủn ỉn

| eng éc

Welsh

|

|

|

| soch soch

|

==Other mammals==

class="wikitable"
Language

! Elephant trumpeting

! Lion/tiger roaring

! Monkey chatting

Albanian

|tyy, trryy

|arr, grr

|i-u-a-a, u-u-a-a

Arabic

| نهيم (naheem)[http://www.baheth.info/all.jsp?term=%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85 الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي]

| زئير (za'ir)

| ضحك (duhik)

Bengali

|

|haloom

|

Catalan

| hiii, iiiii

| arrr, brahh, graa

| hiii-hii, iiii-iii

Croatian

|

|

| u-u a-a

Czech

|

|

| u-u e-e

Dutch

| toet

| grrr

| oe-oe a-a

English

| toot, baraag, nrrr

| roar, grrr, rawr, roar

| oo-ooh a-aah, ook ook, eek eek

Finnish

| tööt, trööt

| mur

|juk juk, tsik tsik

French

| braah

| roarrr, grrr

| ouah ah ah hein

German

| töröö

|

|

Hebrew

|

|

| אוּ־אוּ אַ־אָה (-u-u a-àh)

Hungarian

| tü-tü

|

| mak-mak

Indonesian

| ngoah

| aum

| kak kak kak

Italian

| baaa

| roar

| u-u-ah-ah-ah

Japanese

| パオーン (paōn)

| ガオー (gaō)

| ウキウキ (u-ki-u-ki)

Kazakh

|

| арс (ars)

|

Korean

|

| 어흥 (eo-heung)

| 우끼끼끼 (u-kki-kki-kki)

Polish

|

| wrrr, grrr

| u-u

Portuguese

|

| urawr

| u-u-u, u-u-ááá

Romanian

|

| grrrrr

|

Russian

|

| р-р-р (rrr)

| чи-чи-чи (chi-chi-chi)

Slovenian

|

|grr

|

Spanish

| biaaah

|grrr

|iih, iih

Swedish

| tuut

|

|

Tagalog

| awoo

|

| hoo-hoo-aah

Thai

| แป๊น (paen), {{lang|th|แปร๊น}} (praen)

| โฮก (hoak)

| จี๊ยก ๆ (chiak chiak)

Turkish

|

| ravr

| u-u-a-a

Ukrainian

|

|

| fru-fru-fru, che-che

Vietnamese

| , rống

| goám, gầm, rống

| khẹc khẹc

=Other animals=

class="wikitable"
Language

! Bee buzzing

! Frog croaking

! Snake hissing

Afrikaans

| zoem

| kwaak

| sis

Albanian

|bëzz, zhh, vzvzvz

|krra-krra

|pss

Arabic

| طنين (taneen), دوي (dwii)

| نقيق (naqiq)

| فحيح (fahih){{Cite book |title=The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic |publisher=Spoken Language Services |year=1993 |isbn=978-0879500030 |editor-last=Cowan |editor-first=J.M. |edition=4 |page=817}}

Armenian,

| բզզ (bezuzz), բզզէ (bezuzze)

|

|

Basque

| brun-brun

| kro-kro

| zi-zi

Batak

| ngung-ngung

|

|

Bengali

| gun gun

| মক মক (môk môk), কট কট (kôṭ kôṭ), ghangor ghang

| phnosh

Bulgarian,

| бззз (bzzz)

| ква ква (kva kva)

| ссс (sss)

Catalan

| bzzz, zum-zum, nyee

| ruac ruac, roac roac, rac rac

|sss, hss

Chinese, Cantonese

| 嗡嗡嗡 (jung1 jung1 jung1)

| 呱呱 (gwek4 gwek2)

|

Chinese, Mandarin

| 嗡嗡 (wēng wēng)[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/13/ZdicE5Zdic97ZdicA1311090.htm "嗡嗡"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]

| 呱呱 (guā guā)

| 嘶嘶 (sī sī)

Croatian

| zum zum, bzzz

| kre kre

| hsss

Czech

| bzzz

| kvá kvá

| sss

Danish

| sum

| kvæk kvæk,[http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=kv%C3%A6k kvæk - den Danske Ordbog] græbæk{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

|

Dutch

|

| kwaak kwaak

|

English

| buzz, bzzz, (in rural English (as mentioned in Joel Chandler Harris's "Uncle Remus" stories), zoon)

| (USA) ribbit, gribbit; (Britain) croak

| hiss, sss

Estonian

| summ-summ-summ

| krooks krooks

|

Finnish

| surr, surrur

| kurr kurr, kroak

|

French

| bzzz

| croa croa

| siff

Galician

|

| cro cro

|

German

| summ

| gribbit, quaak

| zisch

Greek

|

| brekekekex koax koax (ancient, likely Rana ridibunda), κουάξ κουάξ (kuaks kuaks)

|

Hebrew

| בְּזזז (bzzz), זוּם־זוּם (zum zum)

| קְוָה־קְוָה (qwà qwà)

| סְסס (sss)

Hindi

|

| tarr tarr

| hiss

Hungarian

| zümm

| brekeke, brekk, kutykurutty, kvákk

| sssz

Indonesian

| nguing

| krok krok

|

Italian

|bzzz, zumm

| cra cra, cri cri

| pisss

Japanese

| {{lang|ja|ブーン}} (būn)

| {{lang|ja|ケロケロ}} (kero kero)

| {{lang|ja|シャー}} (shā)

Kazakh

|

| бақ-бақ (baq-baq)

|

Korean

| {{lang|ko|붕}} (bung), {{lang|ko|윙}} (wing), {{lang|ko|웽}} (weng)

| {{lang|ko|개굴개굴}} (gaegul gaegul)

|

Latgalian

|

| kvak kvak, kvā kvā, kvarr kvarr

|

Latvian

| bzz, zumm

| kvā kvā

|

Lithuanian

|

| kva kva

|

Macedonian

|

| кре кре (crè crè)

|

Marathi

| zzz

| डरांव-डरांव (darav-darav)

| फुस्स (phusss)

Norwegian

| sum sum

| kvekk kvekk, kvakk kvakk

|

Nepali

| bhun bhun, bhununu

|

|

Persian

| vez-vez

| qūr-qūr

| fūke, fūff

Polish

| bzzz, zzz

| kum kum, rech rech

| sss

Portuguese

| zum zum, bzzz

| croac croac

| sss

Romanian

| bâzzz

| oac oac

| sss

Russian

| жжж (zhhh)

| {{lang|ru|ква ква}} (kva kva)

| шшш (shhh)

Serbian

| zum zum, bzz

|кре кре (kre kre)

|

Sinhalese

|

| බක බක baka baka

|

Slovene

| bzzz

| kvak kvak, rega kvak

|

Spanish

| zum

| croac croac

| sss

Swedish

| surr surr

| kvack kvack, ko ack ack ack, kväk

| väs

Tagalog

| zzz

| kokak kokak

| sss

Telugu

|

| beka beka

| buss

Thai

| {{lang|th|หึ่ง ๆ}} (hueng hueng)

| {{lang|th|อ๊บ ๆ}} (op op)

| {{lang|th|ฟ่อ}} (fo)

Turkish

| vızz

| vrak vrak

| tısss

Ukrainian

|

| {{lang|uk|ква-ква}} (kva kva),[http://sum.in.ua/s/kva "КВА"] in [http://sum.in.ua/ «Словник української мови»] {{lang|uk|кум-кум}} (kum kum),[http://sum.in.ua/s/kum "КУМ"] in [http://sum.in.ua/ «Словник української мови»] {{lang|uk|квок-квок}} (kvok kvok)

|

Vietnamese

|

| ồm ộp, ộp ộp

|

Collisions, bursts, and strikes

=Balloon or bubble bursting=

=Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire=

  • In Afrikaans, kaboem; boem; ra-tat-tat
  • In Albanian, pum-pum; bau-bau, ta-ta-ta-ta, du-du-du-du
  • In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ
  • In Basque, bunba; danba; ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
  • In Bengali, goom goom
  • In Bulgarian, bum бум, kh кх, {{lang|bg|tatatata}} тататата
  • In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng 砰; ping, pa 乒, 啪; da da da... 嗒嗒嗒 {{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}
  • In Croatian, bum, pam, puf, ratatata
  • In Czech, bum, prásk, ratatata
  • In Danish, bang, bum
  • In Dutch, boem, biem; pang, pauw; ratatata, trrrr
  • In English, bam, boom, blam, kaboom; bang, pow; rat-at-at-at-at-at, gat-gat-gat-gat, skkrrt skkrrt, dakka-dakka
  • In Estonian, põmm, kõmm; pauh, karpauh
  • In Finnish, pum; pam; ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, rä-tä-tä-tä-tä-tä
  • In French, boum; pan
  • In German, bumm, rumms, kawumm; peng, puff, päng; rat-tat-tat-tat
  • In Greek, cabum, bum μπουμ, bam μπαμ; bam, pan, piu-piu (mainly by children); trrrrrr
  • In Hebrew, bum בּוּם
  • In Hindi, thaa
  • In Hungarian bumm, dörr; ratata, trrrrr
  • In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
  • In Indonesian, dor,
  • In Italian, bum; bang; pum
  • In Japanese, {{lang|ja|バーンバーン}} (bān bān), dōn {{lang|ja|ドーン}}, bakyūn {{lang|ja|バキューン}}
  • In Kannada, dum, dhaam
  • In Kazakh, bydyrsch быдырщ
  • In Korean, ppang 빵, tang
  • In Latvian, bum
  • In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum, pokšt
  • In Persian, bang
  • In Macedonian, bum бум; pau пау; ra ta ta ta ра та та та
  • In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ढिश्क्यँव, dhishum धिशुम
  • In Polish, bum-bum; bang-bang, pif-paf and others; tra ta ta ta ta
  • In Portuguese, bam, boom, cabum; ,pum; ratátátá
  • In Romanian, bum; poc
  • In Russian, ba-bakh ба-бах; pif-paf пиф-паф; tra-ta-ta тра-та-та
  • In Sinhalese, ḍisum ඩිසුම්; ḍung ඩුං; ḍaka-ḍaka-ḍaka ඩක-ඩක-ඩක
  • In Slovene, ratatata, pok
  • In Spanish, pum; bang; praca
  • In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
  • In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
  • In Tamil, dishum; dumeel
  • In Telugu, dishyoom
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|ตูม}} (tuum, cannon firing); {{lang|th|ปัง}} (pang, gunshot)
  • In Turkish, bom, bam, güm, dıkşınyaa (by kids)
  • In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
  • In Vietnamese, đoàng (louder); pằng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)

=Crash=

  • In Albanian, pum, bau, përrtaf,
  • In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
  • In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh
  • In Basque: danba, pun, plaust
  • In Bengali: ṭhash ঠাস, ṭhush ঠুস, dhum ধুম, dham ধাম, daram, dhapash
  • In Bulgarian, bum бум, dum дум, trjas тряс, pras прас
  • In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, hong 轰{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}
  • In Croatian, bum, tres, krašš
  • In Czech, řach, bum, prásk
  • In Danish, bum, bump, bang, krasj
  • In Dutch, boem, knal, plof, bam
  • In English, boom, bam, wham, slam, bang, crash, clash, pow, thonk, thunk, thud, clang
  • In Estonian, prõmm, pauh, piraki, karpauh
  • In Finnish, pam, pum, ryskis, kolin, räiskis
  • In French, bing, bang, boum, bam, vlan
  • In German, rumms, bumms, bauz, krach, knall
  • In Gilbertese, beeku
  • In Greek, bam μπαμ, gcup
  • In Haitian Creole, bip
  • In Hebrew, bum בּוּם, trax טְרַאח[http://info.babylon.com/onlinebox.cgi?cid=CD1&rt=ol&tid=AffToolbar&term=bang&tl=Hebrew&uil=English "Bang"] in [http://www.babylon-software.com/ Babylon dictionary]
  • In Hindi, dhishumm धिशुम्म, dhishum धिशुम
  • In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk
  • In Indonesian, buk, brekk, j'derr
  • In Italian, bum, badabeu, patatraf
  • In Japanese, {{lang|ja|ガーン}} (gān)
  • In Korean, kung
  • In Kyrgyz, тарс
  • In Latin, tuxtax
  • In Latvian, bum
  • In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
  • In Macedonian, bum бум, pam пам, pum пум, dum дум, très трес
  • In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk, beng
  • In Marathi, dhadaam धडाम्
  • In Polish, bum, trach
  • In Portuguese, crash, boom
  • In Romanian, bum, buf, pac, poc, trosc, zbang
  • In Russian, bum бум
  • In Sinhalese, daḍas දඩස්
  • in Slovene, bum, tresk
  • In Spanish, bum, catapum, crash
  • In Swedish, krasch
  • In Tagalog, ka-boom
  • In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|โครม}} (khrom)
  • In Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam
  • In Vietnamese, ầm, rầm

=Door or floor creaking=

=Engine back-firing while freewheeling=

=Knocking=

  • In Albanian, tak-tak, tok-tok, trok-trok
  • In Arabic, daqqa دَقَّ
  • In Afrikaans, klop
  • In Batak, tok-tok-tok
  • In Bengali, khat khat, takatak, thok thok
  • In Bosnian, kuc kuc
  • In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
  • In Catalan, toc toc
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}
  • In Croatian, kuc kuc
  • In Czech, ťuk ťuk
  • In Danish, bank bank
  • In Dutch, klop klop
  • In English, knock knock, bang bang bang
  • In Finnish, kop kop
  • In Estonian, kopp kopp
  • In French, toc toc
  • In German, klopf klopf
  • In Greek, τοκ τοκ
  • In Hebrew, tuq tuq תּוּק־תּוּק[http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?source=searchprovider&q=%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A7+%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A7 "תּוּק תּוּק"]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/ |date=2010-08-25 }}
  • In Hindi, thakk thakk
  • In Hungarian, kop kop, kip kop
  • In Icelandic, bank bank
  • In Indonesian, tok tok
  • In Italian, toc toc
  • In Japanese, {{lang|ja|コツコツ}} (kotsu kotsu), kon kon {{lang|ja|コンコン}}, ton ton {{lang|ja|トントン}}
  • In Korean, ttok ttok 똑똑
  • In Latvian, tuk tuk
  • In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
  • In Malay, tok tok tok (ketuk)
  • In Marathi, thak-thak ठक्-ठक्
  • In Persian, taq-taq
  • In Polish, puk-puk
  • In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz
  • In Romanian, cioc-cioc
  • In Russian, tuk-tuk тук-тук
  • In Slovenian, tok tok
  • In Spanish, toc toc, tun tun
  • In Swedish, knack knack
  • In Tagalog, tok tok tok
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|ก๊อก ๆ ๆ}} (kok kok kok)
  • In Turkish, tak tak
  • In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc
  • In Zulu, nqo nqo nqo

=Strikes=

class="wikitable"
Language

! Dull strike

! Falling strike

! Sharp strike

! Wet strike

Afrikaans

|doef

|plof

|klingel, kletter

|plons, plas, spat

Albanian

|pum, bam, llau

|pum, pëlltaf, përrtaf

|tink, ting

|plluq, pëlltuq, pllaf

Arabic

|

|

|

|بلوف (blūf)

Bulgarian

|туп (toup), хлоп (khlop)

|пльос (plyos), шляп (shlyap)

|дзън (dzun)

|пльок (plyok)

Catalan

|

|

|cling, clang, cataclinc-cataclanc

|xap, xof, patatxap

Chinese, Cantonese

|

|

|乒鈴嘭唥 (bìhng līng baang làahng)

|

Chinese, Mandarin

|

|

|哐啷,[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/9/ZdicE5Zdic93Zdic90334193.htm "哐啷"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary] (kuāng lāng), 哐当{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} (kuāng dāng)

|啪唧 (pā jī)

Croatian

|tup

|pljas, tres, bum, tup[http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/8855/1/Дипломная%20работа-Ivančić%20Ivana.pdf University of Zagreb, Faculty of humanities and social sciences, Department of East Slavic languages and literatures, Chair of Russian language, Master Thesis, PROBLEMS IN THE TRANSLATION OF RUSSIAN COMICS (Ivana Ivančić), 2015]

|zvek, zvec

|šljap

Czech

|

|žuch

|cink

|plesk

Danish

|bump, dunk

|

|

|plask

Dutch

|

|plof, plop

|klink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingel

|plons

English

|knock, bump, rap, thud, boom, thump

|plop, splat, thud, thunk, thonk

|clang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow, conk

|splash, splish, splosh, splat

Estonian

|

|

|

|lärts, plärts

Finnish

|tök, pöksis

|

|kilin, kolin

|loiskis, mäts

French

|

|floc

|paf, bim, bam

|plouf

German

|klopf, plumps, platsch

|plumps, patsch, plump

|klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel

|patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp

Hebrew

|

|

|זְבֶּנְג[http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%D7%96%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92&source=milon "זְבֶּנְג"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807060951/http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%D7%96%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92&source=milon|date=2011-08-07}} in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/|date=2010-08-25}} (zbang)

|

Hungarian

|

|puff, paff

|

|platty, placcs

Indonesian

|

|bruk, gedebuk

|jieb

|crot, byur

Italian

|

|

|

|plop

Japanese

|{{lang|ja|ドン}} (don), {{lang|ja|ズン}} (zun)

|{{lang|ja|ぽとり}}(potori)

|{{lang|ja|カーン}} (kān)

|{{lang|ja|びちゃっ}} (bicha)

Korean

|퍽 (peok)

|턱 (teok)

|쨍 (jjaeng), 팅 (ting)

|철푸덕 (cheolpudeok), 철퍽 (cheolpeok)

Kyrgyz

|

|

|

|чалп (chalp)

Malay

|

|

|

|trushh, shushh, pishh

Persian

|bāmp

|dāmb

|jiring

|čolop-čolop, pešenge

Polish

|łup

|dup, łubudu (longer, louder)

|

|plask

Portuguese

|puf, pluft, pum

|ploft, paft, catapluft, pimba

|

|tchibum

Romanian

|buf

|pleosc, fleoșc

|jap, harsht, trosc

|

Russian

|бац (bats)

|хлоп (khlop), шлёп (shlyop)

|дзынь (dzyn’), звяк (zvyak), клац (klatz)

|бултых (bultykh), плюх (plyukh)

Slovene

|bum, pof

|

|

|špljoc

Spanish

|toc

|plaf, paf

|tintin, tilín

|splash, plaf

Swedish

|dunk, duns

|

|

|plask

Tagalog

|

|blag, bug

|

|plok

Tamil

|

|

|

|chatak

Thai

|{{lang|th|ตึง}} (tueng), {{lang|th|ตึ้ง}} (tueng)

|{{lang|th|โครม}} (khrohm)

|{{lang|th|ติ๊ง}} (ting), {{lang|th|ปิ๊ง}} (ping)

|{{lang|th|โพล๊ะ}} (plo), {{lang|th|แผละ}} (plae)

Turkish

|pof, pot

|pat

|çang, çing

|şap, şop

Uropi

|

|

|

|plac

Vietnamese

|

|bịch

|keng, beng

|bẹp, phọp

= Crunch, сracking (of sticks, bones etc.) =

Machinery

=Camera shutter=

=Car engine revving=

=Car horn honking=

=Clock ticking=

File:Clocks no tic tac.JPG

  • In Albanian, tik-tak
  • In Afrikaans, tik-tok
  • In Basque, tiki-taka
  • In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak
  • In Bengali, tik tik
  • In Bulgarian, tic tac тик так
  • In Catalan, tic-tac
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dā 嘀嗒[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/14/ZdicE5Zdic98Zdic80334206.htm "嘀嗒"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]
  • In Croatian, tik tak
  • In Czech, tik ťak
  • In Danish, tik tak
  • In Dutch, tik tak
  • In English, tick tock
  • In Estonian, tikk takk
  • In Finnish, tik tak
  • In French, tic tac
  • In German, tick tack
  • In Greek, tic tac τικ τακ
  • In Hebrew, tiq taq תִּיק־תַּק[http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?source=searchprovider&q=%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%A7+%D7%AA%D7%A7 "תִּיק־תַּק"]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/ |date=2010-08-25 }}
  • In Hindi, tic tic
  • In Hungarian, tik tak
  • In Icelandic, tik tak
  • In Indonesian, tik tok
  • In Italian, tic toc, tic tac
  • In Japanese, {{lang|ja|チクタク}} (chikutaku), {{lang|ja|カチカチ}} (kachi kachi)
  • In Korean ttok-ttak ttok-ttak 똑딱똑딱
  • In Latvian, tik tak
  • In Lithuanian, tik tak
  • In Macedonian, tic tac тик так
  • In Malay, tik tok
  • In Marathi, tik-tik टिक-टिक
  • In Nepali, clit caqq
  • In Norwegian tikk takk
  • In Polish, tik tak
  • In Portuguese, tique-taque, tic toc
  • In Romanian, tic tac
  • In Russian, tic-tac тик-так
  • In Slovene, tik tak
  • In Spanish, tic tac
  • In Swedish, tick tack
  • In Tagalog, tik tak tik tak
  • In Tamil, tik tik
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|ติ๊กต็อก}} (tiktok)
  • In Turkish, tik tak
  • In Vietnamese, tích tắc
  • In Volapük, tiktö

=Doorbell ringing=

=Keyboard striking=

  • In Albanian, tok-tok-tok, tëk-tëk-tëk
  • In Batak, tik tik
  • In Bulgarian, {{transliteration|bg|trak-trak}} {{lang|bg|трак-трак}}
  • In Catalan, {{lang|ca|txiquiti-txiquiti}}, {{lang|ca|txic txic}}
  • In Czech, klik, ťuk ťuk
  • In Danish, klik klik
  • In Dutch, tik tik
  • In English, click click, click clack
  • In Estonian, klõp klõp klõp
  • In Finnish, klik klik, klik klak, naks, naputinap
  • In French, clic clic
  • In German, klack klack klack (typewriter), tipp tipp tipp (computer)
  • In Hebrew, {{transliteration|he|klik klik}}, {{lang|he|קְלִיק־קְלִיק}}[http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?source=searchprovider&q=%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A7 "קְלִיק"]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/ |date=2010-08-25 }}
  • In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
  • In Japanese, kata kata {{lang|ja|カタカタ}}
  • In Latvian, klikš, klab klab
  • In Malay, tek tek tek tek
  • In Polish, klik klik
  • In Russian, klatz-klatz клац-клац
  • In Spanish, tac tac tac
  • In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick
  • In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|ก้อกแก้ก}} (kokkaek)
  • In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır
  • In Vietnamese, lạch cạch

=Match striking=

=Telephone ringing=

  • In Albanian, {{lang|sq|tring-tring}}
  • In Afrikaans, {{lang|af|trieng trieng}}
  • In Arabic, {{transliteration|ar|terren terren}} {{lang|ar|تــرن تــرن}}
  • In Basque, {{lang|eu|tirrin-tirrin}}
  • In Batak, {{lang|btk|riiing, riiing...}}
  • In Bengali, {{lang|bn|kring, kring}}
  • In Bulgarian, {{transliteration|bg|zan zan}} {{lang|bg|зън зън}}
  • In Catalan, {{lang|ca|ring, ring}}
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, {{transliteration|zh|ling ling ling}}
  • In Croatian, {{lang|hr|drin drin}}
  • In Czech, {{lang|cs|crrrrr}}
  • In Danish, {{lang|da|ring ring}}, {{lang|da|dingeling}}
  • In Dutch, {{lang|nl|tring tring}}
  • In English, ring ring, brrring brrring, ringaling
  • In Estonian, {{lang|et|tirr tirr tirr}}
  • In Finnish, {{lang|fi|ring ring}}
  • In French, {{lang|fr|dring dring}}
  • In German, {{lang|de|klingeling}}, {{lang|de|klingelingeling}}
  • In Hungarian, {{lang|hu|csing ling}}
  • In Indonesian, {{lang|id|kring kring}}
  • In Italian, {{lang|it|drin drin}}
  • In Japanese, {{transliteration|ja|jiriririri(n)}}, {{lang|ja|ジリリリリ(ン)}}
  • In Kazakh, {{lang|kk|shyryl-shyryl}} {{lang|kk|шырыл шырыл}}
  • In Korean, {{transliteration|ko|ttareureung ttareureung}} {{lang|ko|따르릉 따르릉}}
  • In Kyrgyz, {{lang|ky|чырр}}
  • In Latvian, {{lang|lv|dzin dzin}}
  • In Lithuanian, {{lang|lt|dzin dzin}}, {{lang|lt|dzin dzilin}}
  • In Malay, {{lang|ms|kring kring}}, {{lang|ms|trut trut}} ({{lang|ms|berdering)}}
  • In Polish, {{lang|pl|dryń dryń}}
  • In Portuguese, {{lang|pt|trimm}}
  • In Romanian, {{lang|ro|ţâr-ţâr}}
  • In Russian, {{transliteration|ru|dzyn’-dzyn’}} {{lang|ru|дзынь-дзынь}}
  • In Slovenian, drin drin
  • In Spanish, {{lang|es|rin rin}}
  • In Swedish, {{lang|sv|ring ring}}
  • In Tagalog, {{lang|fil|kring kring}}
  • In Thai, {{transliteration|th|kring kring}} {{lang|th|กริ๊ง กริ๊ง}}
  • In Turkish, {{lang|tr|zır zır}}
  • In Vietnamese, {{transliteration|vi|reng}}

=Siren wailing=

=Train whistling=

Physical and natural phenomena

=Electric flowing (buzzing)=

  • In Albanian, {{lang|sq|bëzz}}
  • In Afrikaans, {{lang|af|zoei}}
  • In English, bzzz buzz
  • In Hebrew, {{transliteration|he|bzzz}} {{lang|he|בְּזזז}}, {{transliteration|he|tzzz}} {{lang|he|טְזְזז}}
  • In Japanese, {{transliteration|ja|biri biri}} {{lang|ja|ビリビリ}}
  • In Korean, {{transliteration|ko|jjirit jjirit}} {{lang|ko|찌릿찌릿}}
  • In Latvian, {{lang|lv|bzz}}, {{lang|lv|zumm}}
  • In Polish, {{lang|pl|bzzzz...}}
  • In Romanian, {{lang|ro|bâz bzzz}}
  • In Spanish, {{lang|es|bzzz}}
  • In Swedish, {{lang|sv|bzzz}}
  • In Thai, {{transliteration|th|tued}} {{lang|th|ตืด}}

=Electric shock=

=Fire=

=Rain=

=Thunder=

  • In Albanian, bau, pëtau, përtau, bubu, bubububum
  • In Basque, burrun
  • In Batak, huist, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
  • In Bengali, kar kar, gur gur
  • In Catalan, brrum
  • In English, crack, kaboom, roll, rumble, boom
  • In Finnish, jyrin, jylin
  • In German, zack, groll, grummel
  • In Hebrew, {{lang|he|בְּרָק}} b'raq
  • In Hungarian, dörr
  • In Japanese, goro goro {{lang|ja|ゴロゴロ}}
  • In Korean, beonjjeok 번쩍
  • In Marathi, kadaad कडाड
  • In Marathi, gad-gad गड्-गड्
  • In Nepali, {{IPA|ne|ɡʌɽjaŋɡuɽuŋ|}} गड्याङ-गुडुङ
  • In Polish, grzmot
  • In Portuguese, Kabum, buum, boom
  • In Romanian, bum
  • In Russian, babakh бабах, tararakh тарарах, trakh-tararakh трах-тарарах
  • In Slovenian, bum tresk
  • In Spanish, brum
  • In Swedish, kabrak, muller
  • In Tagalog, boom
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|เปรี้ยง}} (priang)
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|ครืน ครืน}} (kruen kruen)

=Steam hissing=

=Water dripping=

  • In Albanian, pik-pik, pim-pim
  • In Afrikaans, drip
  • In Arabic, tik tik or tok tok
  • In Bengali: টুপ টুপ ṭup ṭup ঢিপ ঢিপ ḍhip ḍhip
  • In Bulgarian, cap-cap кап-кап
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, dihk-dihk 滴滴
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dá 滴答[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/14/ZdicE6ZdicBBZdicB4306465.htm "滴答"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]
  • In Catalan, plip plip, tip-tip-tip
  • In Croatian, kap kap
  • In Czech, kap
  • In Danish, dryp dryp (dryppe is the verbal), plop plop
  • In Dutch, drup drup, drip, drop
  • In English, drip drop, plink plonk
  • In Estonian, tilks tilks
  • In Finnish, tip tip, plip plop
  • In French, plic plic/ploc
  • In German, plitsch, platsch, tropf
  • In Greek, plits plits πλιτς πλιτς, splats splats σπλατς σπλατς
  • In Hebrew, tif taf טִיף־טַף
  • In Hindi, tipak, tipak
  • In Hungarian, csöp-csöp, csip-csöp (csöpp or csepp is also the word for "drop")
  • In Indonesian, tik tik
  • In Italian, plin plin, plop plop
  • In Japanese, {{lang|ja|ポツポツ}} (potsu potsu), pota pota {{lang|ja|ポタポタ}}
  • In Korean, ttokttok 똑똑, ttuk-ttuk 뚝뚝
  • In Latvian, pik pik, pak pak, pakš pakš
  • In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap
  • In Macedonian, cap cap кап кап
  • In Marathi, tap-tap टप-टप
  • In Persian, ček ček, čak čak
  • In Polish, kap kap (kapać is the verb)
  • In Portuguese, plim plim, plic plic
  • In Romanian, pic pic
  • In Russian, kap kap кап-кап
  • In Spanish, ploc ploc, pluip pluip
  • In Swedish, dripp dropp
  • In Tagalog, tuk tuk tuk
  • In Tamil, sottu-sottu
  • In Telugu, tup tup
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|ติ๋ง ๆ}} (ting ting), {{lang|th|แหมะ ๆ}} (mae mae)
  • In Turkish, şıp şıp
  • In Uropi, plok
  • In Vietnamese, tỏng tỏng, toỏng toỏng, tí tách

=White water=

=Wind blowing or waves flowing=

  • In Albanian, kshh, fëshh
  • In Bengali, ভোঁ bhõ, শন শন shôn shôn, ঝির ঝির jhir jhir
  • In Basque, firu-firu
  • In Bulgarian, fiiuu фииуу
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu
  • In Croatian, fiju
  • In Czech, fíííí
  • In Dutch, woesh, woesj
  • In English, whoo, whoosh, swish, rustle, whine, whizz, whistle, wheeze, howl, zoom, sigh
  • In Finnish, viuuh
  • In French, frou-frou, vromb, murmur, hurl
  • In German, huiiih, wutsch, saus, rausch, wein, schwirr, heul, zoom, surr, seufz
  • In Greek, fru fru φρού φρού, sfýrigh σφύριγ, url ούρλ, sýrigh σύριγ, thýr θυρ
  • In Hindi, sarr sarr, saayein saayein
  • In Hungarian, hiss-huss, huss
  • In Italian, fiuu, fisch, mormor, url, sussurr
  • In Japanese, byuu byuu, pyuu pyuu, zawa zawa, soyo soyo
  • In Korean, wing-wing 윙윙
  • In Lithuanian, ššš
  • In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu фуууу фуууу
  • In Persian, moj, موج
  • In Polish, szszszsz, huuuuuu
  • In Portuguese, Vuuuush
  • In Romanian, vâj
  • In Russian, uu-u уу-у
  • In Spanish, fuuuu fuuuu, fgrrrr frgrrrr, aul, zumb, susurr
  • In Swedish, svisch
  • In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
  • In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
  • In Telugu, shhhhhhh
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|วิ้ว วิ้ว}} (wio wio), {{lang|th|ฟิ้ว ฟิ้ว}} (fio fio)
  • In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
  • In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling)

Others

=Jingling=

  • In Albanian, tring-tring, dring-dring
  • In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
  • In Arabic, خشخش (khashkhash){{cite book|last1=Muhammad Muhaidat|first1=Fatima|title=A Tale of Two Cities in Arabic Translation|date=2009|publisher=Universal-Publishers|location=Boca Raton|isbn=9781599422893|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXuMEY5WU0AC&q=A+tale+of+two+cities+in+arabic+translation}}
  • In Armenian, zar zank զար զանկ
  • In Basque, tilin-tilin, tilin-talan
  • In Batak, giring, giring
  • In Bengali, rini-jhini
  • In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш, ding-dong динг-донг
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹 (吊 means "hang")
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃,[http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/5/ZdicE5Zdic8FZdicAE110696.htm "叮铃"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary] dīng dāng 叮当 [http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/5/ZdicE5Zdic8FZdicAE352517.htm "叮当"] in [http://zdic.net/ Han Dian online dictionary]
  • In Croatian, ding dong
  • In Czech, cinky-cink
  • In Dutch, tingeling
  • In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, jingle jangle
  • In Estonian, kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
  • In Finnish, kilin, helin
  • In French, ding-dong
  • In German, klingeling
  • In Greek, ντινγκ ντανγκ (ding dang)
  • In Hebrew, ding-dong דִינְג־דוֹנְג[http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?source=searchprovider&q=%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92+%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92 "דִינְג־דוֹנְג"]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in [http://morfix.mako.co.il Morfix online dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/ |date=2010-08-25 }}
  • In Hungarian, csing-ling, bim-bam, giling-galang
  • In Japanese, {{lang|ja|チリンチリン}} (chirin chirin), {{lang|ja|チーン}} (chīn)
  • In Korean, dallang dallang 달랑달랑 ttallang ttallang 딸랑딸랑 jjallang jjallang 짤랑짤랑
  • In Latvian, dzin dzin
  • In Macedonian, dang, ding, dong данг, динг, донг
  • In Malay, ding dong, kring kring
  • In Polish, dzyń-dzyń
  • In Romanian, ding-dong
  • In Russian, din'-don динь-дон dzìnj-dzìnj дзынь-дзынь
  • In Spanish, ding ding
  • In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
  • In Tagalog, klang klang
  • In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
  • In Thai, {{lang|th|เคร้ง}} (kreng), {{lang|th|กรุ๊งกริ๊ง}} (krung kring)
  • In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur

Music

==References==

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=Arabic words=

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{{cite web|title=Sneeze like an Arab: Onomatopoeias in the Middle East|url=https://www.albawaba.com/slideshow/sneeze-arab-onomatopoeias-middle-east-736736|website=al-bawaba|accessdate=12 April 2018|date=October 4, 2015}}

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=Hebrew words=

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[http://www.safa-ivrit.org/fauna/sounds.php Animals sounds in Hebrew], [http://www.safa-ivrit.org HaSafa-HaIvrit] (The Hebrew Language) web site (in Hebrew)

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