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=
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Language
! Biting ! Eating food ! Drinking ! Swallowing ! Brushing teeth |
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Afrikaans
| nom, gomf | | gloeg gloeg gloeg | | |
Albanian
| ham, kërr, krrëk | ham-ham, njam-njam | llup, gllup | | välmos-fësh, fër-fër |
Arabic
| hum-hum | humm | شرب (sharib) | | |
Azerbaijani
| | nəm nəm | qurt qurt | | fıç fıç |
Basque
| kosk, hozk | mauka mauka | zurrut | klik | |
Batak
| | nyaum nyaum | | guk | |
Bengali
| | 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) | |
Bulgarian
| хрус (hrus), мляс (mlias) | ам ам (am am) | гльок гльок (glyok glyok) | гъл (gull) | |
Catalan
| nyac | nyam nyam | glup | glu glu | |
Chinese, Cantonese
| |嗦嗦 (sok4 sok2) (for crunchy foods) zep1 zep1 (in general) | |嗗 (gut2, gut4, gut6) | |
Chinese, Mandarin
| | | 咕咚 咕咚 (gū-dōng gū-dōng), 咕嚕咕嚕 (gū-lū gū-lū) | | 唰 (shua) {{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} |
Croatian
| gric | njam njam | glp glp, glu glu | gut | |
Czech
| chřup {{IPA|[xr̝up]}}, chroup {{IPA|[xroup]}} | ham, ňam ňam {{IPA|[ɲam]}}, mňam mňam {{IPA|[mɲam]}} | glo glo | | |
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 | |
Dutch
| {{lang|nl|hap}} | {{lang|nl|jam jam}} | {{lang|nl|slurp}}, {{lang|nl|klok klok klok}} | {{lang|nl|slik}} | |
English
| chomp | yum yum, nom nom | slurp, glug | gulp | |
Estonian
| amps | näm näm, nämm nämm | kull kull | lonks | |
Filipino
| | nam nam | | lunók | tsuka tsuka |
Finnish
| rousk | nam nam, nami nami | | klup | |
French
| miam, crounche | miam miam | glouglouglou | gloups | |
German
| mampf | mampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjam | schlürf, gluck | schluck | |
Gujarati
| | | gudgud | | |
Hebrew
| | אָממ אָממ (amm amm) | | שלוּק (shluk) | צחצוח (tsikhtsúakh), שקשוק (shikshúk refers to "shaking teeth") |
Hungarian
| hamm | nyam-nyam, csám-csám | glu-glu, glugy-glugy | | sika-sika |
Icelandic
| kjams | nammi namm | glúgg glúgg | | |
Indonesian
| krauk | nyam nyam | glek glek, gluk gluk | glek | sruk sruk |
Italian
| gnam | gnam gnam | glu glu | glu glu | |
Japanese
| 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) | シャカシャカ (shaka shaka) |
Kazakh
| | | лық-лық (lyq-lyq), сылқ-сылқ (sylq-sylq) | сылқ (sylq) | |
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
| | шам-шум (sham-shum) | | | |
Latvian
| am | ņam ņam | gul gul | | |
Lithuanian
| | niam niam | kliuk kliuk | | |
Malay
| ngap ngap | nyam nyam nyam | glup glup, teguk | | |
Malayalam
| | ഞംഞം (njam-njam), കറുമുറു (karu-muru) (hard/crunchy) | | ഗ്ലപ് ഗ്ലപ്(glap-glap) | |
Marathi
| कुर्रुम-कुर्रुम (krum-krum) | मम् मम् (mam mam) | गट-गट (gaT gaT) | गटक (gatak) | |
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}}) | | |
Norwegian
| | nam nam | glugg glugg | | |
Persian
| | | qolop-qolop | | |
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 | | |
Romanian
| hap, haț | miam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleasc | gâl-gâl | gogâlț | |
Russian
| хрум (khrum) | ам (am) (quick), ням-ням (njam-njam) | бульк бульк (bulk-bulk) | | |
Serbian
| гриц (gric) {{IPA|[grits]}} | њам-њам (njam-njam) | | | |
Slovak
| chrum | mňam, ham | glo, glo-glo | | |
Slovene
| gric, hrsk | njam njam | glu, glu-glu | | |
Spanish
| ñam | ñam ñam | glu glu glu, glup | glup | |
Swedish
| nam-nam | nam nam | glugg glugg, klunk klunk | gulp | |
Tamil
| | கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching) | | | |
Thai
| งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam) | ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam) | อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak) | อึก อึก (uek uek) | |
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 | | |
=Bodily functions and involuntary sounds=
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Language
! Heart beating ! Belching ! Coughing ! Flatulence ! Sneezing ! Snoring ! Yawning |
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Afrikaans
| doef doef | | | poep | atiesjoe | snork | |
Albanian
|pam-pam, bam-bam |grrom |këm-këm, gam-gam |përrpërr |tësh, açu, eçu |gërr, grro | |
Arabic
| tum tum, رطم رطم (raṭama-raṭama) | | | | |
Armenian
| dchk-dchk, lck-lck | | | thurr, tuss | | |haptchi |
Azerbaijani
| gup-gup | | öhö-öhö | zart, zırt | | xor | |
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 | | put | atcim | korrrr | |
Bengali
| দুরদুর (durdur), দুরুদুরু (duruduru), লাব ডুব (lāb dub), dhuk-puk | | | | হাঁচি (hąci), hąccho | bhnosh bhnosh, ঘ ঘ (gho gho) | hai |
Bulgarian
| туп-туп (tup tup) | уриг (urig) | | пръц (prats) | апчих (apchih), ких (kih) | хърр (hurr) | |
Catalan
| tu-tum tu-tum, pu-pum pu-pum | rot | cof, cof | prut | atxim, atxem | rrrr, rau-rau | uà, uaah |
Cebuano
| | | | | | | 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 | |
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] | | | | |
Croatian
| tup tup, bum bum | | kah | prd | apćih, apćiha | zzz | zijev |
Czech
| buch buch | krk | | 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] | | 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 | | 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 | | pups | hatschi, hatschu | chrr-pfüüh, schnarch, zzz, chhhh | gähn |
Greek
| ντουκ ντουκ (duk-duk) | |βήχα βήχα (vikha vikha) | | αψ(ι)ου (aps(i)u) | | |
Hebrew
| בּוּם־בּוּם (bum-búm) | גְּרֶפְּס (greps) | | פּוּק (pook), פלוץ (flotz) | חְררר (xrrr) | |
Hindi
| daṛak (pronounced {{IPA|hns|d̪əˈɽək |
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| dag-dig-dug, deg-deg
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| uhuk-uhuk
| pret, prett, tuut
| hacciihh
| grookkk
| hoam
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! Italian
| tu tump
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| 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|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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! Latvian
| tuk-tuk
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! Malay
| dup dap dup dap
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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|}})
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|हाच्छ्यु({{IPA|ne|ˈɦat͡st͡sʰju|pron}})
|घुर-घुर({{IPA|ne|ɡʱurɡʱur|}})
| हाई({{IPA|ne|ɦai̯|}})
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! Persian
| tāp-o-tūp, tāp-tāp
| ārūγ
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| xor-o-pof, xor-nāse
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! Polish
| bum bum, bu-bum
| bek
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| prrr(yt), prut
| a-psik
| chrrr, chrrr-pśśś
| ziew
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| tun-tum
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| pum
| zzz
| uah
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! Romanian
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| râg (a râgâi = to burp)
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| pârț
| hapciu
| sfor
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! Russian
| тук-тук (tuk-tuk)
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| кхе-кхе (kkhe-kkhe)
| пук (puk)
| апчхи (apchkhi)
| хр-р-р (khrrr)
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! Serbian
| туп-туп (tup-tup)
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! Spanish
| bum bum bum, tucutún tucutún
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| achu, achís, achú
| szzz
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! Swedish
| du-dunk, du-dunk
| rap
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| prutt
| atjoo
| snark
| gäsp
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! Tamil
| lappu-tappu
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| a-choo
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! Telugu
| lab-dab
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! 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)
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! Turkish
| güm güm, küt küt, güp güp
| gark
| öhö öhö
| zart, zort, pırt
| hapşu
| hor
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! Urdu
| dhakdhak
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| ợ
| ho,
| phẹt, bủm, địt
| hắt xì, ắt xì
| khò, khò khò
| oáp, ngáp
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=Cries of distress=
class="wikitable" |
Language
! Baby crying ! Scream ! Shriek |
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Afrikaans
| wê | | |
Albanian
| ua-ua, uëë | au, oh, ai, | |
Arabic
| وع وع (wa'-wa' ) | |
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
| 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 | aú, 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
| ギャー (gyā) |
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, ał, auuu, auć, aj | aaa |
Portuguese |
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
| 嗯 (èn) | |
Croatian
| ššš, pssst | | |
Czech
| pš {{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
| |
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
| 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
| 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 |
| म्म्वाँ ({{IPA|ne|mːwã|}})
|-
| 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
|-
| 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)
|-
|
| 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/}}
|-
| 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)
|-
| 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) | | | 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 | 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 | | ca car |
Georgian
| | ყიყლიყო (qiqliqo) | | | |
German
| gack gack gack, guaguagua | |
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) | |
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 | | |
Italian
| coccodè |glu glu |
Japanese
| コッコッ (kokko) | |
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 | | 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 |
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 |
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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] | |
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
| crôa crôa | ouh ouh |
German
| krah krah | hu hu |
Greek
| τσίου τσίου (tsiu tsiu) | κρα κρα (kra kra) | |
Hebrew
| צִיף־צִיף (tsif tsif), צְוִיץ־צְוִיץ (tswits tswits) | 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
| 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
| 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 |
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Afrikaans
| miaau | woef | |
Albanian
| mjau-mjau | ham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uof |huu, auu |
Arabic
| مُواَء (muwà-) miao ( مياو ) |
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 |
| bup-bup, bub-bub
| auu, ahú
|-
| 喵喵 (mēu-mēu)
| 㕵㕵 (wōu-wōu)
|
|-
| 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
| ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf
| aoouu
|-
! Galician
|
| jau jau
|
|-
! German
| wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff
|
|-
! Greek
| νιάου (niau)
| γαβ γαβ (ghav ghav)
| αουυυ (auuu)
|-
! Hebrew
| הַב־הַב (hav hav), הַאוּ־הַאוּ (haw haw)
| אַאוווּ (awooo)
|-
! Hindi
| myaau, myaaoo
| भो भो (bho bho)
|
|-
| miaú, nyau
| vau vau
|
|-
| mjá
| voff voff
|
|-
| meong
| guk guk
| auuu
|-
! Italian
| auuu
|-
! Japanese
| 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)
|-
| ņau ņau
| vau vau
|
|-
! Latvian
| mjau, ņau
| vau
|
|-
| miau
| au au
| aūūū
|-
| мјау (mjau)
| ав ав (av av), џав џав (dzhav dzhav)
|
|-
| 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|}})
|
|-
| mjau
| voff voff, vov vov
|
|-
! Persian
| میومیو (mioo mioo)
| واق واق (vāq vāq), هاف هاف (hāf-hāf)
|
|-
! Polish
| miau
| hau hau
| a-uuu
|-
| 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)
|-
| ඤාවු (ñāvu)
| බුඃ බුඃ (buh buh)
|
|-
|mňau
|hav-hav, hau-hau, haf-haf
|
|-
! Slovene
| mijav
| hov hov
|auuu
|-
! Spanish
| 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
|-
| няв (niav)
| гав (hav)
|
|-
! Urdu
|
|
|-
! Uropi
| miaw
| waw waw
|
|-
| meo
| gâu gâu, sủa sủa
|
|-
! Volapük
| miov
|
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|-
|miaw
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|}
==Equine sounds==
class="wikitable" |
Language
! Horse whinnying ! Horse trotting ! Horse galloping ! Donkey braying |
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Afrikaans
| runnik | | | hie hô |
Albanian
|iihihihi |trro-trro, trrok-trrok | |ia-ia, ioo-ioo |
Arabic
| deregin-deregin | |
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
| | |
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 |
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Afrikaans
| moe | mê | | | |
Albanian
|muu |behehe, bee |behehe, bee |hunk-hunk | |
Arabic
| moo, ngoah | |
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
| | | |
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 | | |
Georgian
| | ვეეე (veee) | | ღრუტუ ღრუტუ (ghrutu ghrutu) | |
German
| muh | mäh | | |
Greek (ancient)
| | βῆ (bê) | | |
Greek (modern)
| μoυ (mu) | μεε (mee) | | | |
Hebrew
| | אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק (-oinq -oinq), חְרר־חְרר (xrr xrr) | |
Hindi
| moo | | | | |
Hungarian
| mú, bú | bee | mek mek | röf röf, uí uí | |
Icelandic
| mu | mee | | | |
Indonesian
| mooh | mbee, mbek | mbek | grok grok | |
Italian
| mu | bee | | |
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
| mū | | | ruk ruk, kvī kvī | |
Latin
| | bee | | | |
Latvian
| mū | bē, mē | | ruk ruk, kvī kvī | |
Lithuanian
| mū | be | | kvy kvy, kvykt kvykt, kriu kriu | |
Marathi
| हम्मा (hamma) | बँ-बँ (baanh-baanh) | | | |
Norwegian
| mø | bæ | mæ | 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 | cuí |
Swedish
| mu | bä | | 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
| mö | 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
| mŵ | mê | | soch soch | |
==Other mammals==
class="wikitable" |
Language
! Elephant trumpeting ! Lion/tiger roaring ! Monkey chatting |
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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] |
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
| ré, rống | goám, gầm, rống | khẹc khẹc |
=Other animals=
class="wikitable" |
Language
! Bee buzzing ! Frog croaking ! Snake hissing |
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Afrikaans
| zoem | kwaak | sis |
Albanian
|bëzz, zhh, vzvzvz |krra-krra |pss |
Arabic |
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] | 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) | 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=
- In Albanian, pau, puf
- In Arabic, pakh, poof
- In batak. tak
- In Bemba, pobo
- In Bengali, phat, phatash
- In Bulgarian, puc пук, pa па
- In Croatian, puk
- In Czech, puf
- In Danish, bang, knald
- In Dutch, pang, pof, paf, poef
- In English, pop, bang
- In Estonian, pops
- In Finnish, poks
- In French, bang, pop
- In German, baeng, plop
- In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
- In Hindi, thaa, phatt
- In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
- In Indonesian, dor
- In Italian, bum
- In Japanese, pan {{lang|ja|パンッ}}
- In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong 펑
- In Latvian, bliukš
- In Lithuanian, pokšt
- In Macedonian, pau пау
- In Marathi, Dhum ढुम्
- In Navajo, dǫǫn (nasalized o)
- In Persian, poloq
- In Polish, bum, pyk
- In Portuguese, pá, bum
- In Romanian, poc
- In Russian, bakh бах
- In Serbian, puk
- In Slovene, pok
- In Spanish, pop
- In Swedish, poff
- In Tagalog, putók, pak
- In Thai, {{lang|th|โป๊ะ}} (po), {{lang|th|ปั้ง}} (pang)
- In Turkish, bom
- In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp
=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 탕
- 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; pá,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 쿵
- 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=
- In Albanian, grr
- In Afrikaans, kraak
- In Bulgarian, skratz скръц
- In Arabic, azeeez أزيـــز
- In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec
- In Croatian, škrip
- In Czech, vrrzzz, skřííííp
- In Danish, knirk
- In Dutch, kraak
- In English, creak
- In Estonian, kriiks, kriuks
- In Finnish, kriik, narsk
- In French, crac
- In German, knarz
- In Hindi, charrr
- In Hungarian, nyííí
- In Indonesian, krieeet
- In Italian, criiic, craaac
- In Japanese, gī {{lang|ja|ギー}}
- In Kazakh, shiiq шииқ
- In Korean, ppi-geok 삐걱
- In Kyrgyz, кыйч
- In Latvian, čīk
- In Malay, eeek (keriang-keriut)
- In Polish, skrzyp
- In Persian, γež-γež غژ غژ
- In Romanian, scârț
- In Russian, skreep скрип
- In Spanish, ñyeec, ñyiic
- In Swedish, knarr
- In Tagalog, ekk
- In Thai, {{lang|th|แอ๊ด}} (aet)
- In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt
- In Uropi, krak
- In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, kẽo kẹt
=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 |
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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 |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
| | | |
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 | |
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.) =
- In Croatian, krc
- In Czech, křup
- In English, crunch, crash, crack{{Cite web|url=https://learn-russian.livejournal.com/223465.html|title=Comments}}
- In Finnish, kräks, krunts, naps
- In Hindi, kadhak
- In Hungarian, reccs
- In Russian, khryas хрясь, khrust хрусть
- In Slovenian, škrt (škrtati)
- In Turkish, çatır
- In Vietnamese, rắc
Machinery
=Camera shutter=
- In Albanian, klik
- In Afrikaans, klik
- In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك
- In Basque, klisk
- In Batak, ceklek
- In Bulgarian, щрак (shtrak)
- In Catalan, cx, xic, txc or txic
- In Chinese, Mandarin, kā chā咔嚓
- In Croatian, klik
- In Czech, cvak
- In Danish, klik
- In Dutch, klik
- In English, click
- In Estonian, klõps, plõks
- In Finnish, klik
- In French, clic
- In German, klick
- In Hebrew, chik צִ'יק
- In Hungarian, klikk
- In Italian, clic
- In Indonesian, cepret, cekrek
- In Japanese, pasha パシャ
- In Korean, chalkak 찰칵
- In Kyrgyz, чырк
- In Latvian, klik klik
- In Malay, cekek cekek
- In Nepali, {{IPA|ne|kʰit͡sikːʌ|}} खिचिक्क
- In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
- In Portuguese, clic clic
- In Romanian, clic
- In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик
- In Slovenian, klik
- In Spanish, clic
- In Swedish, klick
- In Tagalog, klik
- In Thai, {{lang|th|แชะ}} (chae)
- In Turkish, klik, şlak
- In Uropi, klik
- In Vietnamese, lách cách
=Car engine revving=
- In Albanian, vum-vum-vum, përr-përr-përr
- In Afrikaans, wroem, broem
- In Arabic, hunn hunn هن هــن, aan aan آن آن
- In Batak, ngong, ngooongngng
- In Bulgarian, bram-bram бръм-бръм
- In Catalan, rum, rumm
- In Croatian, brum brum, vrum vrum
- In Czech, brmmm brmmm
- In Danish, vrum vrum, brum brum, nøn nøn
- In Dutch, broem, vroem
- In English, vroom vroom, broom broom
- In Estonian, põrr põrr
- In Finnish, vruum vruum, bruum bruum, prööm prööm (spoken)
- In French, vroum vroum
- In German, brumm brumm, wrumm wrumm
- In Hebrew, aan aan אָאן אָאן
- In Hungarian, brum brumm
- In Indonesian, bremmm bremmm, ngeng ngeng
- In Italian, brum brum, vrum vrum
- In Japanese, buroro {{lang|ja|ブロロ}}
- In Korean, bureung bureung 부릉부릉
- In Malay, ngeng ngeng, brum brum, vrum vrum, preng preng, ngii ngii
- In Polish, brummm brummmm
- In Portuguese, vruum vruum
- In Romanian, vrum vrum
- In Russian, rrr ppp ru ru ру ру rum rum рум рум
- In Slovenian, brum brum
- In Spanish, rue fun
- In Swedish, brum
- In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy
- In Thai, {{lang|th|บรื๊น ๆ}} (bruen bruen)
- In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), vrın vrın (car)
- In Vietnamese, bờ rừm
=Car horn honking=
- In Albanian, po-po, ty-ty
- In Afrikaans, toet
- In Arabic, beeb beep, طيط-طيط ṭiṭ-ṭiṭ
- In Batak, tot, tooot
- In Bulgarian, bi-biip би-биип
- In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
- In Chinese, Mandarin, di di 嘀嘀 or 滴滴
- In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip
- In Czech, tů tů
- In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt
- In Dutch, toet toet
- In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot
- In Estonian, tuut tuut, piip piip
- In Finnish, tööt tööt
- In French, tut-tut
- In German, tut
- In Greek, bip bip, μπιπ μπιπ
- In Hebrew, bip bip בִּיפּ־בִּיפּ
- In Hungarian, tü-tű, tü-tűt
- In Icelandic. bíb bíb
- In Indonesian, din din
- In Italian, bip bip, biii biii
- In Japanese, pu pū {{lang|ja|ププー}}
- In Korean, ppang ppang 빵빵
- In Latvian, pī pī
- In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
- In Malay, pon pon, pot pot, ,pet pet, pin pin (toy car)
- In Marathi, paa-paa पँ-पँ
- In Norwegian, bært bært
- In Polish, bib-biiib
- In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon
- In Romanian, tiiit! ti-ti!
- In Russian, bi-bi би-би, bi-bip би-бип
- In Slovenian, bi bip
- In Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
- In Swedish, tut tut
- In Tagalog, bip bip
- In Telugu, poy ppoy
- In Thai, {{lang|th|ปี๊น ๆ}} (pin pin)
- In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
- In Uropi, tut
- In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim
=Clock ticking=
- 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=
- In Albanian, tring-tring, ding-dong
- In Afrikaans, trieng
- In Basque, dilin-dalan
- In Catalan, ding-dong, ring-ring, meec...
- In Croatian, din don
- In Danish, ding ding, ring ring
- In Dutch, tring tring
- In English, ding-dong, bing-bong
- In Finnish, pim pom
- In French, ding-dong
- In German, klingeling
- In Hungarian, csing-ling
- In Indonesian, ting-tong
- In Italian, din don, drin drin
- In Japanese, ピンポーン (pinpōn)
- In Malay, ding dong, ting tong
- In Marathi, ting-tong टिंग-टौंग
- In Polish, dzyń-dzyń
- In Portuguese, ding dong
- In Romanian, țâr țâr
- In Russian, din-don дин-дон
- In Slovenian, din don
- In Spanish, ding dong
- In Swedish, ding dong, pling plong
- In Turkish, zır, ding, ding dong
- In Tagalog, ding dong
- In Thai, {{lang|th|ติ๊งต่อง}} (ting tong), {{lang|th|ติ๊งหน่อง}} (ting nong),
- In Italian, din don
=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=
- In Albanian, iu-iu-iu, auo-auo
- In Afrikaans, pie-pô
- In Arabic, wee-wee
- In Bengali, pay puu
- In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na, ninu ninu
- In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu нии-ну-нии-ну
- In Catalan, ninu ni, ni no ni no
- In Croatian, ninu ninu, tinu ninu, viju viju, fiju fiju, tiru liru
- In Danish, ba bu
- In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
- In English, Nee naw, wee-woo, waow-waow (police), awooga (klaxon),
- In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
- In Filipino, wang wang wang
- In Finnish, Pii paa, Viiuu viiuu viiuu
- In French, Pin Pon
- In German, Tatütata
- In Greek, eeuu eeuu ηου-ηου
- In Hungarian, nínó, nénó
- In Indonesian, ninu ninu
- In Italian, nino nino, ta tu-ta tu
- In Japanese, {{lang|ja|ピーポーピーポー}} (pīpō pīpō)
- In Korean, ppippo ppippo 삐뽀 삐뽀
- In Latvian, ī-ū
- In Macedonian, piu uiu пиу уиу
- In Malay, nino nino, iyo iyo
- In Minions, mi naw mi naw
- In Norwegian, Bæ bu bæ bu
- In Polish, ioioioio
- In Portuguese, uooooo /uóóóóó/, uiu uiu uiu, tinóni
- In Romanian, ni no ni no
- In Russian, wiu-wiu виу-виу or уиу-уиу
- In Slovene, uiuiui
- In Spanish Wiu Wiu, nino-nino
- In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
- In Thai, {{lang|th|ปี๊ป่อ ปี๊ป่อ}} (pipo pipo), {{lang|th|วี้หว่อ วี้หว่อ}} (wiwo wiwo)
- In Turkish, Daa dii
- In Vietnamese, ò e í e
=Train whistling=
- In Albanian, ty-tyy
- In Afrikaans, toe-toe
- In Arabic, toot-toot
- In Bengali, poo
- In Bulgarian, ту-тууу (tu-tuuu)
- In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut
- In Chinese, Cantonese, 嗚嗚
- In Croatian, ču ču
- In Czech, hůůů
- In Danish, fut fut
- In Dutch, tuutuut
- In English, choo choo, woo woo
- In Estonian, tuut tuut
- In Finnish, tuut tuut
- In French, tchou tchou
- In German, lah nah, spä nö
- In Hebrew, tu-tu טוּ־טוּ
- In Hindi, tree paa tee
- In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
- In Indonesian, tuuut tuuut
- In Italian, tu tuu, ciuf ciuf
- In Japanese, shuppo shuppo {{lang|ja|シュッポシュッポ}}
- In Kazakh, чу-чуууу
- In Korean, chik chik pok pok 칙칙폭폭
- In Latvian, tū tū
- In Lithuanian, tū tū
- In Marathi, choo-choo चू-चूऽ
- In Polish, tu-tuuu
- In Portuguese, piuí {{ill|Trem da alegria|pt|vertical-align=sup}}{{Circular reference|date=September 2015}}
- In Romanian, u! uuu!
- In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу, roo nee pоу-ни {{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
- In Slovenian, ču ču
- In Spanish, chu chu
- In Swedish, tuut-tuut
- In Tagalog, hup
- In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
- In Thai, {{lang|th|ปู๊น ปู๊น}} (pun pun)
- In Turkish, düt düüt
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=
- In Albanian, vu-vu-vu
- In Afrikaans, knetter
- In Basque, su-su
- In Dutch, knetter
- In English, crackle crackle
- In German, knister knister
- In Hungarian, rip-rop
- In Japanese, Pachi pachi パチパチ
- In Korean, 타닥 tadaak
- In Polish, trzask
- In Slovene, prsk (prasketati, prsket)
- In Swedish, knaster knaster
- In Thai, {{lang|th|พรึ่บ}} (prueb), {{lang|th|พรึ่บ พรั่บ}} (prueb prub)
=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=
- In Afrikaans, sis
- In Albanian, kshhh
- In Arabic, fssss
- In Batak, ssssss
- In Croatian, pššššš
- In English, psss
- In German, zisch
- In Hebrew, psss פְּססס
- In Japanese, pushū {{lang|ja|プシュー}}
- In Romanian, fâs, fsssss
- In Russian, psssh пшшш
- In Spanish, psss
- In Swedish, pssst
- In Tagalog, sssss
- In Thai, {{lang|th|ฟู่}} (fuu)
=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=
- In Batak, soook
=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
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External links
- [http://www.writtensound.com Written Sound], an online onomatopoeia dictionary
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718050808/http://www.wikidioms.com/idioms-by-category/Onomatopoeia Cross-linguistics onomatopoeia at WikIdioms] (Archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110217000528/http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html Derek Abbott's, Animal Noises]
- [http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/tools/lexica/triantafyllides/search.html?lq=%CE%B7%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE&loptall=true&dq= Portal for the Greek language and language education], onomatopoeic words in Modern Greek
- [https://www.pluviophile.com/pluviophile/onomatopoeia-words-for-rain-that-sound-like-rain Onomatopoeia - words for rain that sound like rain]
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