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Cross linguistic onomatopoeias

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Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

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:

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Baby crying

  • In Afrikaans,
  • In Albanian, ua-ua
  • In Arabic, waa'-waa'
  • In Batak, nguek nguek
  • In Bengali: ওয়া ওয়া oaa oaa
  • In Bulgarian, уааааа - уааааа (uaaaa - uaaaa)
  • In Catalan, anguèè
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, wā wā 哇哇
  • In Czech, bé bé [bɛː]
  • In English,wah-wah
  • In Estoni, ää-ää
  • In Filipino, uwá
  • In Finnish, byääh, yää
  • In French, ouin ouin
  • In German, wäh-wäh
  • In Greek, ουά-ουά (/uaua/)
  • In Hungarian, oá oá
  • In Indonesian, owe-owe
  • In Italian, uè-uè
  • In Japanese, ogyaa おぎゃあ
  • In Kazakh, іңгә-іңгә
  • In Korean, eung'ae-eung'ae 응애-응애
  • In Kyrgyz, ыңаа-ыңаа
  • In Marathi, waan waan वँ वँ
  • In Persian, vang-vang
  • In Kurdish, iŋa-iŋa
  • In Polish, łee
  • In Portuguese, buá buá
  • In Romanian, oa-oa, ue-ue
  • In Russian, ua-ua уа-уа
  • In Spanish, buá buá
  • In Sinhalese, oha oha
  • In Swedish, uää-uää
  • In Thai, uwae uwae อุแว้ อุแว้, ngae ngae แง้ แง้
  • In Turkish, ıngaa
  • In Vietnamese, oa oa, oe oe
  • Bite

  • In Afrikaans, nom, gomf
  • In Arabic, hum-hum
  • In Basque, kosk, hozk
  • In Bulgarian, хрус (hrus), мляс (mlias)
  • In Croatian, gric
  • In Czech, chřup [xr̝up], chroup [xroup]
  • In English, chomp, munch, nom (more recent)
  • In Estonian, amps
  • In Finnish, rousk
  • In French, miam
  • In German, mampf
  • In Hungarian, nyam-nyam
  • In Indonesian, krauk
  • In Italian gnam
  • In Japanese, musha-musha むしゃむしゃ
  • In Korean, wajak-wajak 와작와작
  • In Latvian, am
  • In Marathi, krum-krum कुर्रुम-कुर्रुम
  • In Polish, chrum, chrup, hap
  • In Portuguese, nhac, nhoc
  • In Romanian, hap!, haț!
  • In Russian, khrum хрум
  • In Serbian, gric[grits]
  • In Slovak, chrum
  • In Spanish, ñam
  • In Swedish, nam-nam
  • In Thai, งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam)
  • In Turkish, hart, hurt
  • In Vietnamese, ngoạm
  • Burp

  • In Basque, korrok
  • In Batak, org
  • In Bulgarian, urig уриг
  • In Catalan, rot
  • In Czech, krk
  • In Danish, bøvs
  • In Dutch, boer
  • In English, burp
  • In Finnish, röyh
  • In French, beurp
  • In German, rülps
  • In Hebrew, greps גְּרֶפְּס
  • In Hungarian, böff
  • In Indonesian, erk
  • In Italian, rutt
  • In Japanese, geppu ゲップ
  • In Korean, kkeo-eok 꺼억
  • In Latin, ruct
  • In Persian, ārūγ
  • In Polish, bek
  • In Romanian, râg (a râgâi = to burp)
  • In Slovak, grg
  • In Swedish, rap
  • In Tagalog, ebb
  • In Thai, เอิ่ก (oek)
  • In Vietnamese,
  • Fart

  • In Afrikaans, poep
  • In Arabic, żerṭa
  • In Armenian, thurr, tuss
  • In Basque, turrut, purrun
  • In Batak, put
  • In Bulgarian, prats пръц
  • In Czech, prd
  • In Danish, prut, fis
  • In Dutch, scheet
  • In English, fart, poot, toot
  • In Estonian, puuks
  • In Finnish, prut, prööt
  • In French, prout, pête
  • In German, pups
  • In Hebrew, pook פּוּק, flotz פלוץ.
  • In Hungarian,
  • In Indonesian, pret, prett, tuut
  • In Italian, prot
  • In Japanese, bu ぶっ
  • In Kazakh, парт, парт-пұрт
  • In Korean, ppung
  • In Latin, prox
  • In Lithuanian, pirst
  • In Marathi, dhuss ढुस्स, dhum ढुम
  • In Persian, pup
  • In Polish, prrryt
  • In Portuguese pum
  • In Romanian pârț
  • In Russian, pook пук
  • In Spanish, prt
  • In Swedish, prutt
  • In Tagalog, purorót, utót
  • In Thai, ปู้ด (puut), ป้าด (pät)
  • In Turkish zart, zort, pırt
  • In Vietnamese phẹt, bủm, địt
  • Food being eaten

  • In Arabic, humm
  • In Batak, nyaum nyaum
  • In Basque, mauka mauka
  • In Bengali: গব গব gob gob গবা গব goba gob সপা সপ sopa sop
  • In Bulgarian, am am ам ам
  • In Catalan, nyam nyam
  • In Croatian, njam njam
  • In Czech, ham, ňam ňam [ɲam], mňam mňam [mɲam]
  • In Danish, nam nam, mam mam
  • In Dutch, jam jam
  • In English yum yum, om nom nom, slurp slurp
  • In Estonian, näm näm, nämm nämm
  • In Finnish, nam nam, nami nami
  • In French, miam miam
  • In German, mampf mampf, hamm hamm
  • In Hebrew, amm amm אָממ אָממ
  • In Hungarian, nyamm nyamm, hamm hamm
  • In Icelandic, namm namm
  • In Indonesian, nyam nyam
  • In Italian, gnam gnam
  • In Japanese, もぐもぐ (mogu mogu), パクパク (paku paku)
  • In Korean, nyam nyam 냠냠, yam yam 얌얌, jjeop jjeop 쩝쩝
  • In Kyrgyz, шам-шум
  • In Latvian, ņam ņam
  • In Lithuanian, niam niam
  • In Malayalam, njam-njam ഞംഞം, karu-muru കറുമുറു (hard/crunchy)
  • In Marathi, mam mam मम् मम्
  • In Norwegian, nam nam
  • In Polish, mniam mniam, chrup chrup (if hard), mlask
  • In Portuguese, nham nham
  • In Romanian, miam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleasc
  • In Russian, am ам (quick), njam-njam ням-ням
  • In Serbian, njam-njam њам-њам
  • In Slovak, mňam, ham
  • In Spanish, ñam ñam
  • In Swedish, nam nam
  • In Tagalog, nam nam
  • In Tamil, karukk murukk
  • In Thai, ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam)
  • In Turkish, ham hum, nam nam
  • In Vietnamese, măm măm, nhăm nhăm, nhồm nhoàm, chàm chạp
  • Heart beating

  • In Afrikaans, doef doef
  • In Arabic, tum tum, raṭama-raṭama رطم رطم
  • In Basque, taup taup, taupa taupa
  • In Batak, bar-bar-bar
  • In Bengali: দুরদুর durdur, দুরুদুরু duruduru, লাব ডুব lāb dub, dhuk-puk
  • In Bulgarian, tup, tup туп-туп
  • In Catalan, tu-tum tu-tum, pu-pum pu-pum
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, bìhng-bìhng 怦怦
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng pēng 怦怦
  • In Croatian, tup tup, bum bum
  • In Czech, buch buch
  • In Danish, dunk dunk, bank bank
  • In Dutch, boenk boenk, boem boem
  • In English, thump thump, ba boom, ba bump, lub-dub
  • In Estonian, tuks tuks
  • In French, boum boum
  • In Finnish, tu-tum, pu-pum
  • In German, ba-dumm, bumm bumm, poch poch
  • In Greek, ntouk-ntouk
  • In Hebrew, bum-búm בּוּם־בּוּם
  • In Hindi daḍak (pronounced [ˈd̪əɖək]) and Urdu dhakdhak
  • In Indonesian, dag-dig-dug, deg-degan
  • In Italian, tu tump
  • In Japanese, (nervous excitement) ドキドキ (doki doki), (suspense, thrill)
  • In Kannada, dub bub, dava dava
  • In Kazakh, дүрс-дүрс
  • In Korean, dugeun dugeun 두근두근
  • In Latvian, tuk-tuk
  • In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
  • In Macedonian, tup tup туп туп
  • In Marathi, dhad dhad धड धड, dhak dhak धक-धक
  • In Nepali, dhuk dhuk
  • In Norwegian, dunk dunk
  • In Persian, tāp-o-tūp, tap-tap
  • In Polish, bum bum, bu-bum
  • In Portuguese, tun-tum
  • In Russian, tuc-tuc тук-тук
  • In Serbian, tup-tup туп-туп
  • In Spanish, bum bum bum, tucutún tucutún
  • In Swedish, du-dunk, du-dunk
  • In Tagalog, dub dub, dub dub, tibók, tibók
  • In Tamil, lappu-tappu
  • In Tamil, lab-dab
  • In Thai, ตุ้บ ตุ้บ (tup tup), ตึ้ก ตั้ก (tuek tak)
  • In Turkish, güm güm, küt küt
  • In Vietnamese, thình thịch, bình bịch
  • Hushing

  • In Afrikaans, sjoes, sjuut
  • In Arabic, suh, hoss
  • In Basque, ixo
  • In Bulgarian, shut/sh't шът
  • In Chinese, Mandarin,
  • In Croatian, ššš, pssst
  • In Czech, [pʃ]
  • In Danish shh, tys
  • In Dutch ssst
  • In English hush, shh
  • In Estonian kuss kuss
  • In Finnish, shh, hys
  • In French chut
  • In German pst, pscht
  • In Greek: shh σσσ, shhut σσουτ
  • In Icelandic uss
  • In Indonesia ssst
  • In Italian shh
  • In Hebrew, shh שְשש
  • In Hungarian, pszt or csitt
  • In Japanese, shh (しーっ)
  • In Korean, swit
  • In Latvian: kuš!, ššš'
  • In Lithuanian: ša!, ššš'
  • In Marathi, ssshhhoo शूऽऽ, chup! चुप!
  • In Persian hīs
  • In Polish ćśśś
  • In Portuguese chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu
  • In Romanian sst, șșt, șșș
  • In Russian ts-s тс-с, sh-sh ш-ш, tsyts! цыц!
  • In Serbian, psssst пссст, shhhhh шшшшш
  • In Spanish chitón cht
  • In Swedish schh
  • In Tagalog, tsut
  • In Tamil, oosshhhh
  • In Thai, จุ๊จุ๊ (chu chu), ชู่ (chuu)
  • In Turkish şişt, şişş
  • In Uropi cit, ccc
  • In Vietnamese suỵt, xuýt
  • Kiss

  • In Afrikaans, mwa
  • In Albanian, mpuq
  • In Arabic, mwa
  • In Basque, pa
  • In Batak, ummah
  • In Bengali, cummo , umma
  • In Bosnian, cmok or pusa
  • In Bulgarian, tsun цун , mlyas мляс
  • In Catalan, muà
  • In Chinese, Mandarin: boh 啵 (This word is a modern creation)
  • In Croatian, cmok
  • In Danish, møs
  • In Dutch, smak
  • In English: mwah, smooch, smack
  • In Estonian mopsti
  • In Finnish, muisk
  • In French, mouah, smack
  • In German: muah, schmatz
  • In Greek: ma μα, mats ματς, mouts μουτς
  • In Hebrew, mwa מוּאָה
  • In Hindi: mmuah
  • In Hungarian: cupp
  • In Indonesian, muahhh or cupp
  • In Italian, smack
  • In Japanese, チュー (chū)
  • In Kazakh, шөп
  • In Korean: jjok
  • In Latvian, buč
  • In Lithuanian, pakšt
  • In Macedonian, tsmoc цмок
  • In Malayalam, umma:
  • In Marathi, umma उम्ऽमा
  • In Navajo, ts'oos, k'oos
  • In Norwegian, smask
  • In Persian, m!, mp!, māč-o-mūč
  • In Polish, cmok
  • In Portuguese, splish splash, smac, chuac
  • In Romanian, smac, ţoc, mua
  • In Russian, chmoc чмок
  • In Serbian, cmok цмок
  • In Sinhalese, umma උම්ම
  • In Slovak, cmuk
  • In Slovene, cmok
  • In Spanish, mua or muac, chuik (South America)
  • In Swedish, smack
  • In Tagalog, tsup, mwah
  • In Tamil, umma
  • In Telugu, umma
  • In Thai, จุ๊บ (chup), จ๊วบ (chuap)
  • In Turkish, muck /mudʒ(u)k/
  • In Ukrainian, tsiom цьом
  • In Vietnamese, chụt
  • Laughter

  • In Afrikaans, ha ha ha
  • In Arabic hà hà hà, hee hee
  • In Armenian ka ka ka, cha cha cha քա քա քա, չա չա չա
  • In Asturian ḥa ḥa ḥa, ḥe ḥe ḥe
  • In Basque, kar kar kar
  • In Batak, kakak
  • In Bengali, ha ha, hee hee, ho ho
  • In Bulgarian, hahaha хахаха, hehehe хехехе, hihihi хихихи
  • In Catalan, hahaha, hehehe, clac clac clac, clec clec clec
  • In Chinese, Mandarin hā hā 哈哈, hē hē 呵呵, xī xī 嘻嘻 hēi hēi 嘿嘿
  • In Croatian, ha ha ha, he he he, hi hi hi
  • In Czech, ha ha, cha cha [xa xa], chi chi [xi xi]
  • In Danish, ha ha, hi hi, hæ hæ, ho ho, ti hi
  • In Dutch, haha, hihi
  • In English, hahaha, heh-heh, hohoho, (tee)heehee
  • In Estonian, haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi
  • In Finnish, haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi, hihihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent)
  • In French, hahaha, héhéhé, hihihi, hohoho
  • In German, hahaha, hihihihi
  • In Greek: haha χαχα, hehe χεχε
  • In Hebrew, xà xà xà חָה־חָה־חָה
  • In Hungarian, haha, hehe, hihi
  • In Icelandic, haha, hehe, (tittering or laughter) híhí
  • In Indonesian, hahaha, hehehe, wakakaka, 'wkwkwk'
  • In Italian, ah, ah, eh, eh, ih, ih, uh, uh
  • In Japanese, ahaha あはは, フフ (fu fu)
  • In Kazakh, қарқ-қарқ
  • In Korean, hahaha 하하하, kekeke 케케케
  • In Latvian, ha ha
  • In Lithuanian, cha cha
  • In Marathi, ha ha हा हा, kho kho खो खो (loud laughter)
  • In Nepali, haha हाहा, ahaha
  • In Persian, hā-hā, he-he, qah-qāh
  • In Polish, hahaha, hihi, hehe, hohoho
  • In Portuguese, hahaha, kakaka, huehuahuehua
  • In Romanian, ha-ha, hi-hi
  • In Russian, haha хаха, hihi хихи, hèhè хехе
  • In Serbian, hahaha хахаха, hihihi хихихи, hehehe хехехе
  • In Spanish, jajaja, jejeje, "jijiji", "jojojo", "jujuju"
  • In Tagalog, hahaha, hehehe, hihihi
  • In Thai, ฮ่า ๆ ๆ (hahaha)
  • In Turkish, haha, hehe, hihi (girly), kikir (girly, sarcastic), hoho (sarcastic)
  • In Vietnamese, ha ha, hi hi, hô hô, "keke", "ka ka", "hehe", "hi hô", "hêlo duke huê"
  • Liquid being drunk

  • In Afrikaans, gloeg gloeg gloeg
  • In Basque, zurrut
  • In Bengali, dhak dhak
  • In Bulgarian, glyok glyok гльок гльок
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, gū-dōng gū-dōng咕咚 咕咚 or gū-lū gū-lū" 咕嚕咕嚕
  • In Croatian, glp glp, glu glu
  • In Czech, glo glo
  • In Dutch, slurp, klok klok klok
  • In English, slurp, glug
  • In Estonian, kull
  • In French, glouglouglou
  • In German, schlürf, gluck
  • In Gujarati, gudgud
  • In Hungarian, glugy glugy
  • In Indonesian, glek glek, gluk gluk
  • In Italian, glu glu
  • In Japanese, goku gokuゴクゴク
  • In Kazakh, лық-лық, сылқ-сылқ
  • In Korean, kkul kkeok kkul kkeok꿀꺽 꿀꺽
  • In Latvian, gul gul
  • In Lithuanian, kliuk kliuk
  • In Marathi, gaT gaT गट-गट
  • In Persian, qolop-qolop
  • In Polish, gul gul
  • In Portuguese, glup, glup
  • In Romanian, gâl-gâl
  • In Russian, bulk-bulk бульк бульк
  • In Spanish, glu glu glu, glup
  • In Swedish, glugg glugg, klunk klunk
  • In Thai, อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak)
  • In Vietnamese, "ực ực", "ừng ực"
  • Scream

  • In Albanian, au, of, uf
  • In Arabic, -aij أي
  • In Azerbaijani, uf
  • In Basque, ai, aiei, epa
  • In Batak, alale
  • In Belarusian, aj ай
  • In Bulgarian, aj ай, au ау, ox ох, oj ой
  • In Catalan, ai, au, ui, uix
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ā 啊, ō 噢, āiyā 哎呀, āiyō 哎哟
  • In Croatian and Serbian, jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč
  • In Czech, au, jau
  • In Danish, av
  • In Dutch, au, auw
  • In English, ah, arghh ow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes, oof
  • In Estonian, ai, oi
  • In Filipino, aráy, ay
  • In Finnish, au, ai, auts
  • In French, aïe, ouille, ayoye (Qc), Ouch (Qc), Aw (Qc)
  • In Galician, ai
  • In German, au, aua, ah, autsch
  • In Greek, òk ωχ
  • In Haitian Creole, ay
  • In Hebrew, àx אָח, ài אָי, oy vey אױ װײ
  • In Hindi, àhhà आहा, hhàvh-hhàvh वाह-वाह
  • In Hungarian, , á, jaj
  • In Icelandic, ái, ói, æi
  • In Indonesian, aduh, ai, aih, awww
  • In Irish, aigh
  • In Italian, ahi, ahia, ohi
  • In Japanese, gyā ギャー
  • In Korean, a 아, aya 아야 'kkya' '꺄'
  • In Latvian, vai, au, ā!
  • In Lithuanian, ai, oi
  • In Macedonian, uf уф
  • In Malay, aduh
  • In Marathi, aa aa आ आ, aaee आऽई
  • In Navajo, ayá
  • In Nepali, bzzt, bzzzzzzzt
  • In Norwegian au
  • In Pashtu, ooauy, why
  • In Persian, āx آخ, vāy وای
  • In Polish, auuu, auć, aj
  • In Portuguese, ai, au, ui
  • In Quebec French, ayoye
  • In Romanian, au, ai, aa, ah
  • In Russian, oy ой, ay ай, okh ох
  • In Serbian, auu, joj, jao, ауу,
  • In Slovak, au
  • In Slovenian, auch auč
  • In Spanish, au, ay
  • In Swedish, aj, oj
  • In Tagalog, aráy, arúy
  • In Thai, อ๊าก (ak), ;ว๊าก (wak), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)
  • In Turkish, ah, ahh, of, öf, üf, ciyak
  • In Ukrainian, aj ай, joj йой, oj ой
  • In Urdu, -ààh آہ, ooauy
  • In Uropi, aw
  • In Vietnamese, a, á, ối, oái
  • In Yiddish, oi אוי
  • Shriek

  • In Batak, ei
  • In Dutch, iek
  • In English, yagh, gah, eek, yikes
  • In German, uwah, waah, ieh
  • In Finnish, iik, kääk
  • In Indonesia wao, huwah
  • In Japanese, kyaa きゃあ
  • In Latvian, ai
  • In Marathi, aaee आऽई, ee ईऽ
  • In Polish, aaa
  • In Persian, āy آی
  • In Russian, wi-i-i уи-и-и (of pig)
  • In Swedish, ii
  • In Thai, อู๊ย (ui), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)
  • In Italian, aah, iih
  • Sneeze

  • In Afrikaans, atiesjoe
  • In Arabic, atchu
  • In Basque, usin, doministiku
  • In Batak, atcim
  • In Bengali, হাঁচি hąci, hąccho
  • In Bulgarian, apchix апчих, kih ких
  • In Catalan, atxum!, atxís, atxim.
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, hāt-chī 乞嗤
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ā tì 阿嚏
  • In Croatian, apćih, apćiha
  • In Czech, hepčí [ˈɦɛpt͡ʃiː]
  • In Danish, atju, hatju
  • In Dutch, Hatsjoe!, Hatsjie!
  • In English, Atishoo!, Achoo!
  • In Estonian, Atsihh!, Atsih!, Aptsihh!, Aptsih!
  • In Finnish, Atshii!, Atshiu!, Atsiuh, Ätshii!, Ätshiu, Ätsiuh!
  • In French, Atchoum
  • In German, Hatschi!, Hatschu!
  • In Greek, aps(i)u!, αψ(ι)ου!
  • In Hebrew, apchi! !אַפְּצִ'י
  • In Hindi, achhee!
  • In Hungarian, Hapci!
  • In Icelandic, Atsjú!
  • In Indonesian, hacciihh!
  • In Italian, etciú
  • In Japanese, ハクション! (hakushon!)
  • In Kazakh, apschoo, әпшу
  • In Korean, echwi 에취
  • In Latvian, ačī, apčī
  • In Lithuanian, apčiū, apči
  • In Macedonian, apchixa! апчиха!
  • In Marathi, acchin! आच्छीं!, acchoo आच्छू
  • In Norwegian aatsjoo
  • In Persian,achu
  • In Polish, a-psik!
  • In Portuguese, atchim!, atchô!
  • In Romanian, hapciu!
  • In Russian, apchkhi! Апчхи
  • In Serbian, apćiha апћиха
  • In Sinhalese, hacis හචිස්
  • In Slovak, hapčí
  • In Slovene, ačih, ačiha
  • In Spanish, ¡Achu!,¡Achís! or ¡Achú!
  • In Swedish, atjoo!
  • In Tagalog, hatsíng! bahíng!
  • In Tamil, A-Choo
  • In Thai, ฮัดเช่ย (hatchoei), ฮัดชิ่ว (hatchio)
  • In Turkish, hapşu
  • In Vietnamese, hắt xì, ắt xì
  • Snoring

  • In Afrikaans, snork
  • In Basque, zurrun-zurrun
  • In Batak, korrrr
  • In Bengali, bhnosh bhnosh
  • In Bulgarian, hurrr хърр
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, hū lu 呼噜
  • In Czech, chrrr
  • In Danish, snork
  • In Dutch, snurk, zzz
  • In English, zzz
  • In Finnish, krooh pyyh
  • In French, Ron pchi, zzz
  • In German, chrr-pfüüh, Schnarch, zzz
  • In Hebrew, xrrr חְררר
  • In Hungarian, hrr pityipű
  • In Indonesian, grookkk
  • In Italian, ronf, zzz
  • In Japanese, gu-gu ぐうぐう
  • In Kazakh, қорр, қорр-қорр
  • In Korean, deureureong 드르렁
  • In Marathi, ghor घोर, ghurr घुर्र
  • In Persian, xor-o-pof, xor-nāse
  • In Polish, chrrr
  • In Romanian, sfor
  • In Russian, khrrr хр-р-р
  • In Swedish, snark
  • In Tagalog, kok-sss
  • In Thai, ครอก ฟี้ (khrok fi), ครอก ครอก (khrok khrok)
  • In Turkish, hor
  • In Vietnamese, khò, khò khò
  • Stuttering

  • In Afrikaans, hakkel
  • In Arabic, tahtaha
  • In Armenian, to-to թօթօ
  • In Batak, a-ak
  • In Bengali: থৎমৎ thôtomôto
  • In Czech, bla bla
  • In English, up up up
  • In Hebrew, gimgum גִּמְגּוּם
  • In Indonesia a ak
  • In Marathi, tata papa तत पप
  • In Polish, y-yh
  • In Persian, tete-pete
  • In Romanian, bâl-bâl
  • In Russian, ik ик
  • In Sinhalese, bäk bäk බැක් බැක්
  • In Tagalog, sasasasa
  • In Thai, ตะ ตะ ตะ (ta ta ta)
  • In Turkish, kekelemek
  • In Ukrainian, hyk гик
  • In Vietnamese, lắp bắp
  • Thinking/Pause

  • In Bulgarian, aaaa ъъъъъъ
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, èn
  • In Czech, é [e:]
  • In English, er, erm, uh, uhm
  • In French, heu, euh
  • In German, äh, ähm
  • In Hebrew, אהמ (ehm)
  • In Hungarian, hm, hmm, őő
  • In Indonesian, hmmm
  • In Italian, mmm, ehm
  • In Japanese, アーノ (āno), エート (ēto)
  • In Korean, 어 (eo), 음 (eum), 그 (keu)
  • In Latvian, mmm, hmm
  • In Marathi, hmm हम्ऽ
  • In Norwegian, ø, øh
  • In Persian, hmm
  • In Polish, hmmm
  • In Portuguese, "ããã", "âââ"
  • In Romanian, ăăă
  • In Russian, hm хм, em эм
  • In Spanish ehhh
  • In Swedish, öh
  • In Turkish, ııı, ee, hmm
  • In Vietnamese, hmm, hừmm
  • Throat swallowing

  • In Basque, klik
  • In Batak, guk
  • In Bengali, dhnok gela
  • In Bulgarian, gull гъл
  • In Croatian, gut
  • In Danish, slurk, glub
  • In Dutch, slik
  • In English, gulp; (of liquid) glug glug glug
  • In Filipino, lunók
  • In Finnish, klup
  • In French, gloups
  • In German, schluck
  • In Hebrew, gluk גְּלוּק
  • In Hungarian, gluggy
  • In Indonesian, glek
  • In Italian, glu glu
  • In Japanese, goku ごくっ
  • In Kazakh, сылқ
  • In Korean, kkul kkeok 꿀꺽
  • In Marathi, gatak गटक
  • In Polish, gul gul
  • In Russian, glyg глыг
  • In Romanian, gogâlț
  • In Spanish, glup
  • In Swedish, gulp
  • In Thai, อึก อึก (uek uek)
  • In Turkish, gulp
  • In Ukrainian, golg ґольґ
  • Tooth brushing

  • In Chinese, Mandarin, shua
  • In Danish, shishoshisho
  • In English, brushie brushie brushie
  • In Hebrew, tzix-tzuax צִחְצוּחַ
  • In Indonesia sruk sruk
  • In Japanese, ゴシゴシ (goshi goshi)
  • In Korean, chika chika 치카치카
  • In Polish szuru szuru, szuru buru
  • In Spanish, ¡chiqui chiqui!
  • In Tagalog, tsuka tsuka
  • Yawning

  • In Bengali, hai
  • In Cebuano, hahay
  • In Croatian, zijev
  • In Czech, zív
  • In Danish, gab
  • In English, yawn
  • In Filipino, hikab
  • In Finnish, haukotus
  • In French, ouaaah
  • In German, gähn
  • In Indonesia hoam
  • In Japanese, fuwaāa ふわあーあ
  • In Latvian žāv
  • In Nepali, "haaai" हाइ
  • In Polish, ziew
  • In Portuguese uah
  • In Swedish gäsp
  • In Thai, ฮ่าว (hao)
  • In Vietnamese, (ngáp) khào
  • Bee buzzing

  • In Afrikaans, zoem
  • In Arabic, taneen طنين
  • In Armenian, bezuzz, bezuzze բզզ, բզզէ
  • In Batak, ngung-ngung
  • In Bengali, gun gun
  • In Bulgarian, bzzzz бзззз
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, wēng wēng 嗡嗡
  • In Catalan, zzz
  • In Croatian, zum zum, bzzz
  • In Czech, bzzz
  • In Danish, sum
  • In English, buzz, bzzz
  • In rural English (as mentioned in Joel Chandler Harris' "Uncle Remus" stories), zoon
  • In Estonian summ-summ-summ
  • In Finnish, surr, surrur'
  • In French Bzzzz
  • In German, summ
  • In Hebrew, bzzz בְּזזז, zum zum זוּם־זוּם
  • In Hungarian, zümm
  • In Indonesia nguing
  • In Japanese, būn ブーン
  • In Latvian, bzz, zumm
  • In Marathi, zzz
  • In Nepali, "bhun bhun", "bhununu"
  • In Persian, vez-vez
  • In Polish, bzzz, zzzz
  • In Portuguese, zum zum, bzzzz
  • In Romanian, bâzzz
  • In Russian, zhzhzh жжж
  • In Serbian, zum zum, bzz
  • In Spanish, zum
  • In Tagalog, zzz
  • In Turkish, vızz
  • In Thai, หึ่ง ๆ (hueng hueng)
  • Bird singing

  • In Afrikaans, twiet twiet
  • In Albanian ciu-ciu
  • In Arabic siqsiq سِقسِق,gharid (to chirp) غِرد, ziw ziw ziw زِيد زِيد زِيد
  • In Armenian jiv jiv ճիւ ճիւ
  • In Basque (Euskara), txio txio
  • In Bengali, kichir michir
  • In Bosnian, čip čip
  • In Bulgarian, chik-chirik чик-чирик
  • In Catalan, piu piu
  • In Chinese, Mandarin jī jī zhā zhā 叽叽喳喳
  • In Croatian, čip čip
  • In Czech, píp píp, cvrliki
  • In Danish, pip pip
  • In Dutch, twiet twiet, tjierp, tjielp, tsjilp
  • In English, chirp chirp, tweet tweet, cheep cheep, peep peep
  • In Estonian, siuts siuts, siit siit, tsirr tsirr, sirts sirts, siu siu
  • In Finnish, tsirp tsirp, tviit, piip piip, ti-ti-tyy (great tit)
  • In French, cui cui, piou piou
  • In German, piep piep /peep, peep/, tschiep
  • In Greek, tsiu tsiu τσίου τσίου
  • In Hebrew, tsif tsif צִיף־צִיף, tswits tswits צְוִיץ־צְוִיץ
  • In Hindi, cheh cheh
  • In Hungarian, csip-csirip
  • In Icelandic, bíbí
  • In Indonesian, cit-cit, cicitcuit
  • In Italian, cip cip, pio pio (chick)
  • In Japanese, it varies: (chick) ピヨ ピヨ (piyo piyo), ひいひい (hī, hī), chun chun チュンチュン
  • In Kazakh, шыр-шыр, шық-шық
  • In Korean, jjaek jjaek 짹짹
  • In Latvian, čiu čiu, čiv čiv
  • In Lithuanian, čik čirik, čyru vyru
  • In Macedonian, churulic churulic чурулик чурулик
  • In Malayalam, coo coo
  • In Malay, cip cip
  • In Marathi, kil-bil किलबिल, chiw-chiw छिव-छिव, coohoo-coohoo कुहू-कुहू, kil-kil किल-किल, kaw-kaw काव-काव
  • In Persian, čah-čah, čah-čahe
  • In Polish, ćwir ćwir, fiu-fiu (and others)
  • In Portuguese, piu piu
  • In Romanian, cip cirip, piu piu
  • In Russian, chiric-chiric чирик-чирик, chic-chiric чик-чирик, chiv-chiv чив-чив
  • In Serbian, choo choo
  • In Sinhalese, kumu kumu කුමු-කුමු
  • In Slovak, píp píp, čvirik, čvirik
  • In Slovene, čiv čiv
  • In Spanish, pío, pío
  • In Swedish, kvitter kvitter
  • In Tagalog, twit twit twit
  • In Tamil, koo, koo
  • In Thai, จิ๊บ ๆ (chip chip)
  • In Turkish, cik cik, cibili cibili şak şak /dʒik dʒik/
  • In Ukrainian, t'okh-t'okh тьох-тьох, fit'-fit' фіть-фіть
  • In Vietnamese, chíp chíp
  • Cat meowing

  • In Albanian, mjau-mjau
  • In Arabic, muwà- مُواَء, naw naw
  • In Batak, ngeong
  • In Bengali: miu miu মিউ মিউ
  • In Bulgarian, mjau мяу
  • In Catalan, mèu [mɛu]
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, mēu-mēu 喵喵
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, miāo
  • In Croatian, mjau
  • In Czech, mňau [mɲau]
  • In Danish, mjau, mjav, miau, miav
  • In Dutch, miauw, mauw
  • In Egyptian, mjw (miu)
  • In English, miaow (UK), meow (US), mew, miau
  • In Estonian, mäu, mjäu, näu, njau, kurnjau
  • In Finnish, miau, mau, nau, kurnau
  • In French, miaou [mja.u]
  • In German, miau
  • In Greek, niau νιάου
  • In Hebrew, miàw מְיָאוּ
  • In Hindi myaau, myaaoo
  • In Hungarian miaú, nyau
  • In Icelandic, mjá
  • In Indonesian, meong
  • In Italian, miao, mao
  • In Japanese, ニャー (nyā)
  • In Kazakh, мияу-мияу
  • In Korean, yaong 야옹
  • In Latgalian, ņau ņau
  • In Latvian, mjau, ņau
  • In Lithuanian, miau
  • In Macedonian, mjau мјау
  • In Malayalam, myaoo myaoo
  • In Marathi, meow/myao म्यांव
  • In Nepali, "myaoo myaoo" म्याउँ म्याउँ
  • In Norwegian mjau
  • In Persian, mioo mioo میومیو
  • In Polish, miau
  • In Portuguese, miau
  • In Romanian, miau
  • In Russian, mjau мяу
  • In Sinhalese, ñāvu ඤාවු
  • In Slovene, mijav
  • In Spanish, miau [ˈmjau]
  • In Swedish, mjau, mjao
  • In Tagalog, meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw
  • In Tamil, miaow(m) மியா
  • In Telugu, miao(m)
  • In Thai, เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew)
  • In Turkish, miyav
  • In Ukrainian, niav няв
  • In Urdu, meow[1]
  • In Uropi, miaw
  • In Vietnamese, meo
  • In Volapük, miov
  • Chicken clucking

  • In Afrikaans, kloek kloek
  • In Arabic, qur qur قرقر, baq baq baiq بق بق بيق
  • In Batak, kotek-kotek
  • In Bulgarian, ко-ко-ко
  • In Chinese, gē gē 咯咯
  • In Croatian, kokoda, kokodak
  • In Czech, kokodák
  • In Danish, kuk kuk, gok gok
  • In Dutch, tok tok tok
  • In English, cluck cluck, bok bok bok, bok bok b'gawk
  • In Estonian, kaa-kaa, kaak-kaak
  • In Finnish, kot kot
  • In French, cot cot cot, cot cot codet
  • In German, gack gack gack
  • In Greek, coco co, clo clo (sitting)
  • In Hebrew, qur qur qur קוּר־קוּר־קוּר, bàq bàq bàq בָּק־בָּק־בָּק
  • In Hungarian, kot-kot-kot-kodács
  • In Indonesian, petok-petok
  • In Italian, coccodè
  • In Japanese, kokko コッコッ
  • In Kazakh, қыт-қыт
  • In Korean, kko kko daek, 꼬꼬댁
  • In Latgalian, kā kā
  • In Latvian, kluk kluk
  • In Lithuanian, kud kudak, ko ko ko
  • In Persian, qod-qod, qod-qod-qodās
  • In Polish, ko ko
  • In Portuguese, có có có
  • In Romanian, cotcodac
  • In Russian, ko-ko-ko ко-ко-ко, kud-kuda куд-куда
  • In Serbian, kokoda кокода
  • In Spanish, kikiriki
  • In Swedish, kluck kluck
  • In Tagalog, po-kok
  • In Thai, กุ๊ก ๆ (kuk kuk)
  • In Turkish, gıt-gıt gıdaak
  • In Vietnamese, (cục ta) cục tác
  • Cow mooing

  • In Afrikaans, moe
  • In Arabic, moo, ngoah
  • In Bengali, hamba
  • In Bulgarian, muu муу
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, mōu
  • In Croatian, muu
  • In Czech, bůů
  • In Danish, muh
  • In Dutch, boe
  • In English, moo
  • In Estonian, ammuu, muu, möö
  • In Finnish, ammuu, muu
  • In French, meuh, mou
  • In German, muh
  • In Greek, mu μoυ
  • In Hebrew, muuu מוווּ
  • In Hindi, moo
  • In Hungarian, ,
  • In Indonesian, mooh
  • In Italian, mu
  • In Japanese, モーモー (mō mō)
  • In Kazakh, moo, мөө
  • In Korean eum-mae 음매
  • In Latgalian,
  • In Latvian,
  • In Lithuanian,
  • In Marathi, hamma हम्मा
  • In Persian, māγ
  • In Polish, muuuu
  • In Portuguese, mu mu
  • In Romanian, mu
  • In Russian, mu му
  • In Slovene, mu
  • In Spanish, mu
  • In Swedish, mu
  • In Tagalog, ungaa
  • In Telugu, అంబా (amba)
  • In Thai, มอ (mo)
  • In Turkish,
  • In Uropi, mu, muh
  • In Vietnamese, ụm bò
  • Crow calling

  • In Arabic, qà qà
  • In Bengali: কা কা ka ka
  • In Bulgarian, ga ga га га
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, yā yā 哑哑
  • In Croatian, kra kra
  • In Czech, krá krá
  • In Danish, kra kra
  • In Dutch, kra kra
  • In English, caw caw
  • In Estonian kraaks kraaks
  • In Finnish, kraa kraa
  • In French, crôa crôa
  • In German, krah krah
  • In Greek, cra cra κρα κρα
  • In Hebrew, qràqh qràqh קְרָע־קְרָע
  • In Hindi, kaa kaa
  • In Hungarian kár kár
  • In Indonesian kaa kaa, kak kak
  • In Italian, cra cra
  • In Japanese, kaa kaa カアカア, gaa gaa ガアガア
  • In Kannada, kha-kha
  • In Kazakh, қарқ-қарқ
  • In Korean, kkaak kkaak 까악까악
  • In Latgalian, krā
  • In Latvian, krā
  • In Lithuanian, kar kar
  • In Macedonian, gra gra гра гра
  • In Malayalam, kra kra
  • In Marathi, kav-kav काव-काव
  • In Norwegian kra kra'
  • In Persian, qār-qār
  • In Polish, kra kra
  • In Portuguese, cra cra
  • In Romanian, cra cra
  • In Russian, kar kar кар-кар
  • In Sinhalese, kāk kāk කාක්-කාක්
  • In Slovene, kra kra
  • In Spanish, cuaa cuaaa, uacc uac
  • In Swedish, kra kra, krax krax
  • In Tagalog, wák, wák
  • In Tamil, kaa kaa
  • In Telugu, kaau kaau
  • In Thai, กา กา (ka ka; ka also means a crow)
  • In Turkish, gaak gaak
  • In Vietnamese, quạ quạ (quạ also means a crow)
  • Dog barking

  • In Afrikaans, woef
  • In Albanian, ham ham
  • In Arabic, haw haw, hab hab
  • In Armenian, hav hav հաւ հաւ
  • In Basque, txau txau (small dogs), zaunk zaunk (big dogs)
  • In Batak, kung-kung
  • In Bengali: gheu gheu ঘেউ ঘেউ, bheu bheu ভেউ ভেউ, bhou bhou ভউ ভউ
  • In Bulgarian, bow bow бау бау, djaff djaff джаф джаф
  • In Catalan, bup bup
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, wōu-wōu 㕵㕵
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, wāng wāng 汪汪
  • In Croatian, vau vau
  • In Czech, haf haf
  • In Danish, vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf
  • In Dutch, waf waf, woef woef
  • In English, woof, arf, bow wow, ruff
  • In Estonian, auh auh
  • In Finnish hau hau, vuh vuh
  • In French, ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf
  • In German, wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff
  • In Greek, ghav ghav γαβ γαβ, woof
  • In Hebrew, hav hav הַב־הַב, haw haw הַאוּ־הַאוּ
  • In Hindi, bho bho भो भो
  • In Hungarian vau vau
  • In Icelandic, voff voff
  • In Indonesian, guk guk
  • In Italian, bau bau
  • In Japanese, ワンワン (wan wan)
  • In Kannada, bow bow
  • In Kazakh, арп-арп, шәу-шәу
  • In Korean, meong meong 멍멍
  • In Latgalian, vau vau
  • In Latvian, vau
  • In Lithuanian, au au
  • In Macedonian, av av ав ав, dzhav dzhav џав џав
  • In Malayalam, bau bau
  • In Marathi, bho bho भो-भो
  • In Norwegian voff voff, vov vov
  • In Persian, vāq vāq واق واق, hāf-hāf هاف هاف
  • In Polish, hau hau
  • In Portuguese, au au, ão ão, béu béu
  • In Romanian, ham ham
  • In Russian, gav gav (гав-гав), tyaf tyaf тяф-тяф
  • In Sinhalese, buh buh බුඃ බුඃ
  • In Slovene, hov hov
  • In Spanish, guau guau
  • In Serbian, av av ав ав
  • In Swedish, vov vov, voff voff
  • In Tagalog, aw aw
  • In Tamil, vovw-vovw லொள் லொள், loll-loll, vazh vazh
  • In Telugu, bau bau
  • In Thai, โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok)
  • In Turkish, hav hav
  • In Uropi, waw waw
  • In Vietnamese, gâu gâu, sủa sủa
  • Dog or wolf howling

  • In Arabic, Auuuuuu...
  • In Batak, auuuuuung...
  • In Bengali, huukka huuya
  • In Bulgarian, ауууууу, (auuuuu)
  • In English, awoooooo...
  • In French, aoooouuuu...
  • In Hebrew, awoooooo... אַאווווווּ...‏
  • In Indonesian auuu
  • In Italian, auuuuuu...
  • In Japanese, waōn ワオーン
  • In Kazakh, ұұұұұ...
  • In Lithuanian, aūūūūūū
  • In Marathi, kuii कुई
  • In Polish, a-uuuuu...
  • In Portuguese, auuuuuu...
  • In Romanian, auuuuuu...
  • In Russian, wu-u-u у-у-у…
  • In Spanish, auuuuuu
  • In Thai, โบร๋ว์ (brow)
  • Donkey braying

  • In Afrikaans, hie hô
  • In Bulgarian, и-аа, и-аа (i-aa, i-aa)
  • In Catalan, i-aaa
  • In Croatian, i-a
  • In Czech, íí-áá
  • In Dutch, ie-aa
  • In English, hee-haw
  • In Finnish, ihaa
  • In French, hi han
  • In German, i-ah
  • In Hebrew, -i-à אִי־אָה
  • In Hindi, Dhai.nchu Dhai.nchu ढैंचू ढैंचू
  • In Hungarian, i-á
  • In Italian, ih oh
  • In Persian, ar-ar عر عر
  • In Polish, iii-haa
  • In Portuguese,ii-á, ii-ó
  • In Romanian, i-ha
  • In Russian, ie-a ии-а
  • In Spanish, i-o
  • In Turkish, aa-ii
  • Duck calling

  • In Afrikaans, kwaak
  • In Albanian, mak-mak
  • In Arabic, wak-wak
  • In Batak, kuak-kuak
  • In Brazilian Portuguese, quá quá
  • In Bengali, pnak pnak
  • In Bulgarian, paa, paa па-па
  • In Catalan, cuac cuac, mec mec, qüec qüec.
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, gua, gua 呱呱
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, gā gā 嘎嘎, guā guā 呱呱
  • In Croatian, kva kva
  • In Czech, káč káč
  • In Danish, rap rap
  • In Dutch, kwak kwak, kwaak, kwaak
  • In English, quack
  • In Estonian, prääk prääk, prääks prääks
  • In Finnish, kvaak kvaak
  • In French, coin coin
  • In German, quak quak
  • In Greek, cuac cuac (κουάκ κουάκ)
  • In Hebrew, gaʕ gaʕ גַּע־גַּע
  • In Hungarian, háp háp
  • In Icelandic, bra bra
  • In Indonesian, kwek kwek
  • In Italian, qua qua
  • In Japanese, ガーガー (gā gā)
  • In Kazakh, қақ-қақ
  • In Korean, kkwaek kkwaek 꽥꽥
  • In Latvian, pēk pēk
  • In Lithuanian, kva kva
  • In Macedonian, cva cva ква ква
  • In Marathi, pak pak पक पक
  • In Nepali, braaaq caaq
  • In Norwegian kvakk kvakk
  • In Persian, (Northern) mak-mak
  • In Polish, kwa kwa kwa
  • In Portuguese, quá quá, quak quak
  • In Romanian, mac mac
  • In Russian, krja krja кря-кря
  • In Spanish, cua cua
  • In Swedish, kvack kvack
  • In Tagalog, kwak kwak
  • In Tamil, kua kua
  • In Thai, ก้าบ ๆ (kap kap)
  • In Turkish, vak vak
  • In Uropi, kwa kwa
  • In Vietnamese, cạp cạp
  • Eagle soaring

  • In Batak, kuliii-kulikuk
  • Elephant trumpeting

  • In English, baraag, nrrr
  • In Finnish, tööt
  • In German, töröö
  • In Indonesian, ngoah
  • In Italian, baaa
  • In Japanese, パオーン (paōn)
  • In Swedish, tuut
  • In Spanish, biaaah
  • In Thai, แป๊น (paen), แปร๊น (praen)
  • Frog croaking

    This may differ according to the species of frog common in each language's speech area.

  • In Afrikaans, kwaak
  • In Bengali: মক মক môk môk, কট কট kôṭ kôṭ, ghangor ghang
  • In Bulgarian, cva cva ква ква
  • In Catalan, ruac ruac, roac roac, rac rac.
  • In Chinese, Mandarin: guā guā 呱呱
  • In Croatian, kre kre
  • In Czech, kvá kvá
  • In Danish: kvæk kvæk, græbæk
  • In Dutch: kwaak kwaak
  • In English, (USA) ribbit, gribbit; (Britain) croak
  • In Estonian krooks krooks
  • In Finnish kurr kurr, kroak
  • In French, croac croac
  • In Galician, cro cro
  • In German, gribbit, quaaak
  • In Greek, brekekekex koax koax (ancient, likely Rana ridibunda), cuacs cuacs κουάξ κουάξ
  • In Hebrew, qwà qwà קְוָה־קְוָה
  • In Hindi, tarr tarr
  • In Hungarian, brekeke, brekk, kutykurutty, kvákk
  • In Indonesian, krok krok
  • In Italian, cra cra
  • In Japanese, ケロケロ (kero kero)
  • In Kazakh, бақ-бақ
  • In Korean, gaegul gaegul 개굴개굴
  • In Latgalian, kvak kvak, kvā kvā, kvarr kvarr
  • In Latvian, kvā kvā
  • In Lithuanian, kva kva
  • In Macedonian, crè crè кре кре
  • In Marathi, darav-darav डरांव-डरांव
  • In Norwegian, kvekk kvekk, kvakk kvakk
  • In Persian, qūr-qūr
  • In Polish, kum kum, rech rech
  • In Portuguese, croac croac
  • In Romanian, oac oac
  • In Russian, kva kva ква ква
  • In Sinhalese, baka baka බක බක
  • In Slovene, kvak kvak, rega kvak
  • In Spanish, croac croac
  • In Swedish, kvack kvack, ko ack ack ack kväk
  • In Tagalog, kokak kokak
  • In Telugu, beka beka
  • In Thai, อ๊บ ๆ (op op)
  • In Turkish, vrak vrak
  • In Ukrainian, kva kva ква-ква, kum kum кум-кум, kvok kvok квок-квок
  • In Vietnamese, ồm ộp, ộp ộp
  • Goose calling

  • In Arabic, quack quack, kwak kwak كواك كواك
  • In Bulgarian, kvack kvack (квак-квак)
  • In Catalan, cuac cuac
  • In Croatian, ga ga
  • In Czech, ga ga
  • In Dutch, gak gak
  • In English, honk honk
  • In Estonian kaak kaak
  • In French, ca car
  • In German, gack gack
  • In Hebrew, gaqh gaqh גַּע־גַּע
  • In Hungarian, gá gá
  • In Indonesian, kwak kwak
  • In Italian, qua qua
  • In Japanese, ガーガー (gā gā)
  • In Korean, kkwae-aek-kkwae-aek 꽤액-꽤액
  • In Latgalian, gā gā
  • In Latvian, gā gā
  • In Polish, gę gę
  • In Portuguese, quem quem /qüém qüém/, qua qua
  • In Romanian, ga ga
  • In Russian, ga-ga-ga га-га-га
  • In Slovene, ga ga
  • In Spanish, cua cua
  • In Tagalog, ong ong
  • In Tamil, baack baack
  • In Turkish, vak vak
  • In Vietnamese, quạc quạc
  • Horse whinnying

  • In Afrikaans, runnik
  • In Bengali, chi hni
  • In Catalan, hiiiihiii
  • In Croatian, njihaa
  • In Czech, íí-hahá
  • In Danish, vrinsk
  • In Dutch, niiii, hiiii
  • In English, neigh
  • In Estonian, ii-ha-haa
  • In Finnish, ii-ha-haa
  • In French, hiii hiii
  • In German, wiehiehie
  • In Hebrew, hii hii הִי־הִי
  • In Hindi, hin-hina हिं-हिं
  • In Hungarian, nyihaha
  • In Indonesian, yihaa
  • In Italian, hiii hiii
  • In Japanese, ヒーン (hīn)
  • In Korean, hi-ing 히잉
  • In Latin, hinni
  • In Latvian, ī-ā
  • In Lithuanian, yhaha, ygaga
  • In Norwegian, vrinsk
  • In Persian, šīhe
  • In Polish, iiii-haaa
  • In Portuguese, hi hi
  • In Romanian, ni-ha-ha
  • In Russian, i-go-go и-го-го
  • In Spanish, ji ji
  • In Swedish', gnägg
  • In Tagalog, hihihi haha
  • In Thai, ฮี้ ๆ (hii hii)
  • In Turkish, ih-hi-i-i
  • In Vietnamese, hí hí hí
  • Horse trotting

  • In Arabic, deregin-deregin
  • In Bengali, tag bag
  • In Bulgarian, tagadak tagadak (тъгъдък тъгъдък)
  • In Croatian, klop klop
  • In Danish, gadagung gadagung
  • In Dutch, kataklop kataklop
  • In English, clip clop
  • In Estonian koppadi kopp
  • In Finnish, kopoti kopoti, koppoti koppoti
  • In French, Pa-ta-clop
  • In Hungarian, klop-klop-klop
  • In Italian, clop-clop-clop, cloppete clappete
  • In Latvian, klap klap
  • In Marathi, tagdak-tagdak तग्डक-तग्डक
  • In Persian, pūtikā pūtikā
  • In Polish, patataj patataj
  • In Portuguese, pocotó pocotó
  • In Romanian, trop trop
  • In Russian, tsok-tsok цок-цок
  • In Spanish, tucutun tucutun
  • In Thai, กุบกับ กุบกับ (kupkap kupkap)
  • In Turkish, dıgı-dıg dıgı-dıg
  • Horse galloping

  • In Latvian, dipada-dapada
  • Lion roaring

  • In Catalan, arrrr, roarrr
  • In English, roar
  • In Filipino, awoo
  • In French, roarrr
  • In Finnish, mur
  • In Italian, roar
  • In Indonesian, aum
  • In Japanese, gaō ガオー
  • In Kazakh, арс
  • In Korean, eo-heung 어흥
  • In Polish, wrrr, grrr
  • In Portuguese, urawr
  • In Romanian, grrrrr
  • In Thai, hoak โิฮก
  • In Turkish, ravr
  • In Vietnamese, goám
  • Monkey chatting

  • In English, oo-ooh a-aah
  • In Czech, u-u e-e
  • In French, Ouah ah ah hein
  • In Hebrew, -u-u a-àh אוּ־אוּ אַ־אָה
  • In Hungarian, mak-mak
  • In Indonesian, kak kak kak kak kak
  • In Italian, u-u-ah-ah-ah
  • In Japanese, u-ki-u-ki ウキウキ
  • In Portuguese, u-u-u-u, u-u-ááá
  • In Russian, chi-chi-chi чи-чи-чи
  • In Thai, เจี๊ยก ๆ (chiak chiak)
  • In Korean.u-kki-kki-kki 우끼끼끼
  • Owl hooting

  • In Afrikaans, hoe-hoe
  • In Bengali, huup huup
  • In Bulgarian, buuu бууу
  • In Croatian, hu hu
  • In Czech, hůůů
  • In Dutch, oehoe
  • In English, twit twoo (AUS), hoo hoo, toowit toowoo
  • In Estonian uhuu
  • In French Ouh Ouh
  • In Finnish, huhuu
  • In German, hu hu
  • In Hebrew, hu-huuu הוּ־הוווּ
  • In Italian, huu huu
  • In Indonesia Kuk-kuk
  • In Japanese, hō hō ホウホウ
  • In Latvian, u-hū
  • In Polish, hu-huuu
  • In Portuguese, u-huu
  • In Romanian, hu-huuu
  • In Russian, ugu угу, ukhu уху
  • In Swedish, ho-hoo
  • In Turkish, gu guk guuk (goo gook goook)
  • Pig grunting

  • In Basque kurrin-kurrin
  • In Bengali, ghnot ghnot
  • In Bulgarian, gruh gruh грух грух
  • In Catalan, oinc oinc
  • In Czech, chro chro, kvík kvík
  • In Danish, øf øf, 'grønt'
  • In Dutch, knor knor
  • In English, oink oink
  • In Estonian röh röh röh
  • In Finnish, röh röh, nöf nöf
  • In French, groin groin
  • In Georgian, ghrutu ghrutu ღრუტუ ღრუტუ
  • In German, grunz grunz, oink oink
  • in Greek, ko-i ko-i (Aristophanes Ach. 780)
  • In Hebrew, -oinq -oinq אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק, xrr xrr חְרר־חְרר
  • In Hungarian, röf röf, uí uí
  • In Indonesian, grok grok
  • In Italian, oink oink
  • In Japanese, プヒプヒ (puhi puhi), ブーブー (bū bū)
  • In Kazakh, қорс-қорс
  • In Korean, kkul kkul 꿀꿀
  • In Latgalian, ruk ruk, kvī kvī
  • In Latvian, ruk ruk, kvī kvī
  • In Lithuanian, kvy kvy, kvykt kvykt, kriu kriu
  • In Polish, kwi kwi, chrum chrum
  • In Portuguese, ronc ronc, oinc oinc
  • In Romanian, groh groh
  • In Russian, hrju hrju хрю-хрю
  • In Spanish, oinc oinc
  • In Swedish, nöff nöff
  • In Tagalog, ngok ngok
  • In Thai, อู๊ด ๆ (uut uut), ครอก ๆ (khrok khrok)
  • In Uropi, grun grun
  • In Vietnamese, ụt ụt, ụt ịt, ỉn ỉn, ủn ỉn
  • In Welsh, soch soch
  • Rooster crowing

  • In Afrikaans, koekeloekoe
  • In Albanian, kikiriku
  • In Arabic, kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo
  • In Armenian, tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo, coo-coo-ree-coo
  • In Bengali, Kuk-ku-ruk-kooo
  • In Bulgarian, cucurigu кукуригу
  • In Catalan, quic quiriquic
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ō ō ō 噢噢噢 / wō wō wō 喔喔喔
  • In Croatian, kukuriku
  • In Czech, kykirikí
  • In Danish, kykkeliky
  • In Dutch, kukeleku
  • In English, cock a doodle doo
  • In Estonian kikerikii, kukeleegu
  • In Euskara, kukurruku
  • In Finnish, kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing)
  • In French, cocorico
  • In Georgian, qiqliqo ყიყლიყო
  • In German, kikeriki
  • In Greek, ciciricu κικιρίκου
  • In Hebrew, quuquuriqu קוּקוּרִיקוּ
  • In Hindi, ku-kudu-koo
  • In Hungarian kukurikú
  • In Icelandic, gaggalagó
  • In Indonesian, kukuruyuk
  • In Irish, cuc-adiú-dil-ú
  • In Italian, chicchirichi
  • In Japanese, コケコッコー (kokekokkō)
  • In Korean, kkokkodek kko" 꼬꼬댁 꼬꼬, kko-kki-o 꼬끼오
  • In Latgalian, kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō
  • In Latin, cocococo
  • In Latvian, kikerigū
  • In Lithuanian, kakarykū, kakariekū
  • In Macedonian, cucuricu кукурику
  • In Malayalam, kokarakkoo
  • In Marathi, kukooch-koo! कुकूच-कू!
  • In Nepali, kukhuri kaa
  • In Norwegian kykkeliky
  • In Persian, qūqūli qū-qū
  • In Polish, kukuryku
  • In Portuguese, cocorocó, cocoricó
  • In Romanian, cucurigu
  • In Russian, koo-ka-re-koo кукареку
  • In Sinhalese, kuku kūk kuu කුක්කු කූක් කූ
  • In Slovene, kikiriki
  • In Spanish, quiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó
  • In Sundanese, kongkorongok
  • In Swedish, kuckeliku
  • In Tagalog, tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok
  • In Tamil, kokkara-ko-ko
  • In Telugu, kokkaro-ko
  • In Thai, เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก (ek-i-ek-ek)
  • In Turkish, ü-ürü-üüü /yʔyryʔyː/
  • In Ukrainian, koo-ku-ri-koo кукуріку
  • In Vietnamese, ò ó o (oooooo)
  • Sheep bleating

  • In Afrikaans,
  • In Arabic, mbaa امباع, maa'
  • In Armenian, mai մայ
  • In Basque, 'mee mee'
  • In Bulgarian, beee беее
  • In Catalan, bèè, mèè
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, miē
  • In Croatian, bee
  • In Czech, béé
  • In Danish, mæh
  • In Dutch, bèh, mèh
  • In English, baa
  • In Estonian mää mää
  • In Finnish, mää, bää
  • In French, bêêh
  • In Georgian, ვეეე (veee)
  • In German, mäh
  • In Ancient Greek, βῆ
  • In Modern Greek, μεε
  • In Hebrew, meh מֶה
  • In Hungarian, bee
  • In Icelandic, mee
  • In Indonesian, mbee, mbek
  • In Italian, bee
  • In Japanese, メーメー (mē mē)
  • In Kyrgyz, маа
  • In Korean language, Eum-mae 음매
  • In Latin, bee
  • In Latvian, ,
  • In Lithuanian, be
  • In Marathi, baanh-baanh बँ-बँ
  • In Norwegian,
  • In Persian, ba:-ba:
  • In Polish, beee
  • In Portuguese, meh
  • In Romanian, meee, beee
  • In Russian, beh бее-е
  • In Spanish, beee
  • In Swedish,
  • In Telugu, mae
  • In Thai, แบะ แบะ (bae bae)
  • In Turkish, mee
  • In Uropi, bee, beh
  • In Vietnamese, be be (the same as a goat's)
  • Snake hissing

  • In Afrikaans, sis
  • In Bengali, phnosh
  • In Bulgarian, ссс, (sss)
  • In Chinese, sī sī 嘶嘶
  • In Croatian, hsss
  • In Czech, sss
  • In English, hiss, sss
  • In French, siff
  • In German, zisch
  • In Hebrew, sss סְסס
  • In Italian, pis pis
  • In Japanese, shā シャー
  • In Marathi, phusss फुस्स
  • In Persian, fūke, fūff
  • In Polish, sssss
  • In Romanian, sss
  • In Russian, shhh шшш
  • In Spanish, sss
  • In Telugu, buss
  • In Tagalog, sss
  • In Turkish, tısss
  • In Thai, ฟ่อ (fo)
  • Balloon or bubble bursting

  • In Albanian, çpuf, puf
  • In Arabic, pakh, poof
  • In batak. tak
  • In Bemba, pobo
  • In Bengali, phat, phatash
  • In Bulgarian, puc пук
  • In Croatian, puk
  • In Czech, puf
  • In Danish, bang, knald
  • In Dutch, pang, pof, paf
  • In English, pop, bang
  • In Estonian pops
  • In French, bang, pop
  • In Finnish, poks
  • In German, baeng, plop
  • In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
  • In Hindi, thaa
  • In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
  • In Indonesian, dor
  • In Italian, bum
  • In Japanese, pan パンッ
  • In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong
  • 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, , 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, โป๊ะ (po), ปั้ง (pang)
  • In Turkish, bom
  • In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp
  • Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

  • In Albanian, pam; tak
  • In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ
  • In Basque, damba damba
  • In Bengali, goom goom
  • In Bulgarian, bum бум, kh кх, tatatata тататата
  • In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng 砰; ping, pa 乒, 啪; da da da... 嗒嗒嗒
  • In Croatian, bum, pam, puf
  • In Czech, bum, prásk, ratatata
  • In Danish, bang, bum
  • In Dutch, boem; pang, pauw; ratatata
  • 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 kids); 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, バーンバーン (bān bān), dōn ドーン, bakyūn バキューン
  • In Kannada, dum, dhaam
  • In Kazakh, bydyrsch быдырщ
  • In Korean, ppang
  • 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 Spanish, pum; bang; praca
  • In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
  • In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
  • In Tamil, dishum
  • In Telugu, dishyoom
  • In Thai, ตูม (tuum, cannon firing); ปัง (pang, gunshot)
  • In Turkish, bom; bam, dıkşınyaa (by kids)
  • In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
  • In Vietnamese, đoàng (louder); pằng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)
  • Crash

  • In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
  • In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh
  • 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
  • In Croatian, bum, tres
  • In Czech, řach, bum, prásk
  • In Danish, bum, bump, bang, krasj
  • In Dutch, boem, knal, plof
  • In English, boom, bam, wham, slam, bang, crash, clash, pow
  • In Estonian, prõmm, pauh, piraki, karpauh
  • In Tagalog, ka-boom
  • In Finnish, pam, pum, ryskis, kolin, räiskis
  • In French, bing, bang, boum, bam, vlan
  • In German, rumms, bumms, bauz, krach
  • In Gilbertese, beeku
  • In Greek, bam μπαμ, gcup
  • In Haitian Creole, bip
  • In Hebrew, bum בּוּם, trax טְרַאח
  • In Hindi, dhishumm धिशुम्म, dhishum धिशुम
  • In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk
  • In Indonesian, buk, brekk, j'derr
  • In Italian, bum
  • In Japanese, 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
  • 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 Spanish, cuas, pácatelas, pungun
  • In Swedish, krash
  • In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum
  • In Thai, โครม (khrom)
  • In Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam
  • In Vietnamese, ầm, rầm
  • Door or floor creaking

  • 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 Italian, cric crac
  • In Japanese, ギー
  • In Kazakh, shiiq шииқ
  • In Korean, ppi-geok 삐걱
  • In Kyrgyz, кыйч
  • In Latvian, čīk
  • In Polish, skrzyp
  • In Persian, 'γež-γež غژ غژ
  • In Romanian, scârț
  • In Russian, skreep скрип
  • In Swedish, knarr
  • In Thai, แอ๊ด (aet)
  • In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt
  • In Uropi, krak
  • In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, kẽo kẹt
  • Engine back-firing while freewheeling

  • In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput
  • In Italian, rrra-tatatatata...
  • In Romanian, pâr pâr
  • In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr дыр-дыр-дыр
  • In Spanish, "tac tac tac"
  • Knocking

  • In Arabic, daqqa دَقَّ
  • In Afrikaans, klop
  • In Batak, tok-tok-tok
  • In Bengali, khat khat, takatak
  • In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
  • In Catalan, toc toc
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当
  • In Croatian, kuc kuc
  • In Czech, ťuk ťuk
  • In Danish, bank bank
  • In Dutch, klop klop
  • In English, knock knock
  • In Finnish, kop kop
  • In Estonian, kopp kopp
  • In French, toc toc
  • In German, klopf klopf
  • In Hebrew, tuq tuq תּוּק־תּוּק
  • In Hindi, thakk thakk
  • In Hungarian, kop kop
  • In Icelandic, bank bank
  • In Indonesian, tok tok
  • In Italian, toc toc
  • In Japanese, コツコツ (kotsu kotsu), kon kon コンコン, ton ton トントン
  • In Korean, ttok ttok 똑똑
  • In Latvian, tuk tuk
  • In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
  • 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, tuc-tuc тук-тук
  • In Spanish, toc toc
  • In Swedish, knack knack
  • In Tagalog, tok tok tok
  • In Thai, ก๊อก ๆ ๆ (kok kok kok)
  • In Turkish, tak tak
  • In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc
  • Dull strike

  • In Afrikaans, doef
  • In Bulgarian, toup туп, khlop хлоп
  • In Danish, bump, dunk
  • In English, knock, bump, rap, thud, boom
  • In Finnish, tök, pöksis
  • In German, klopf, plumps, platsch
  • In Japanese, don ドン, zun ズン
  • In Korean, peok
  • In Persian, bāmp
  • In Polish, łup
  • In Portuguese, puf, pluft, pum
  • In Russian, bats бац
  • In Romanian, buf!
  • In Spanish, toc
  • In Thai, ตึง (tueng), ตึ้ง (tueng)
  • Falling strike

  • In Afrikaans, plof
  • In Bulgarian, plyos пльос, shlyap шляп
  • In Croatian, pljas
  • In Czech, žuch
  • In English, plop, splat, thud, thunk
  • In French, floc
  • In German, plumps, patsch
  • In Hungarian, puff, paff
  • In Japanese, potori ぽとり
  • In Korean, teok
  • In Persian, dāmb
  • In Portuguese, ploft, paft, catapluft, pimba
  • In Romanian, pleosc, fleoșc
  • In Russian, khlop хлоп shlyop шлёп
  • In Spanish, plaf, paf
  • In Tagalog. blag, bug
  • In Thai, โครม (khrohm)
  • In Vietnamese, bịch
  • Sharp strike

  • In Afrikaans, klingel, kletter
  • In Bulgarian, dzun дзън
  • In Catalan, cling. clang, cataclinc-cataclanc
  • In Czech, cink
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, bìhng-līng baang-làahng 乒鈴嘭唥
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, kuāng lāng 哐啷, guang-dang 哐当
  • In Dutch, klink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingel
  • In English, clang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow
  • In Finnish, kilin, kolin
  • In French, paf, bim, bam
  • In German, klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel
  • In Hebrew, zbang זְבֶּנְג
  • In Japanese, カーン (kān)
  • In Korean, jjaeng 쨍, ting
  • In Persian, jiring
  • In Portuguese, pim, plim
  • In Russian, dzyn’ дзынь, zvyak звяк, klatz клац
  • In Spanish, tintin, tilín
  • In Thai, ติ๊ง (ting), ปิ๊ง (ping)
  • In Vietnamese, keng, beng
  • Wet strike

  • In Afrikaans, plons, plas, spat
  • In Bulgarian, plyok пльок
  • In Catalan, xap, xof, patatxap
  • In Croatian, šljap
  • In Czech, plesk
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ba-ji 啪唧
  • In Danish, plask
  • In Dutch, plons
  • In English, splash, splish, splosh, splat
  • In Estonian lärts, plärts
  • In Finnish, loiskis, mäts
  • In French, plouf
  • In German, patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp
  • In Hungarian, platty
  • In Indonesian, crot
  • In Japanese, bicha びちゃっ
  • In Korean, cheolpudeok 철푸덕, cheolpeok 철퍽
  • In Kyrgyz, чалп
  • In Persian, čolop-čolop, pešenge
  • In Polish, plask
  • In Portuguese, tchibum
  • In Romanian, pleosc, fleoșc, fleașc
  • In Russian, bultykh бултых, plyukh плюх
  • In Swedish, plask
  • In Tagalog, plok
  • In Thai, โพล๊ะ (plo), แผละ (plae)
  • In Uropi, plac
  • In Vietnamese, bẹp, phọp
  • Camera shutter

  • In Afrikaans, klik
  • In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك
  • In Batak, ceklek
  • In Bulgarian, щрак (shtrak)
  • In Catalan, cx, cx 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, klik
  • In Japanese, pasha パシャ
  • In Korean, chalkak 찰칵
  • In Kyrgyz, чырк
  • In Latvian, klik klik
  • In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
  • In Portuguese, clic clic
  • In Romanian, clic
  • In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик
  • In Spanish, clic
  • In Swedish, klick
  • In Tagalog, klik
  • In Thai, แชะ (chae)
  • In Turkish, klik, şlak
  • In Uropi, klik
  • In Vietnamese, lách cách
  • Car engine revving

  • 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 Italian, brum brum
  • In Japanese, buroro ブロロ
  • In Korean, bureung bureung 부릉부릉
  • 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 Spanish, 'rue fun
  • In Swedish, brum
  • In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy
  • In Thai, บรื๊น ๆ (bruen bruen)
  • In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), han han (car)
  • In Vietnamese, bờ rừm
  • Car horn honking

  • 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, ba ba 叭叭
  • 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 Indonesian, din din
  • In Italian, bip bip
  • In Japanese, pu pū ププー
  • In Korean, ppang ppang 빵빵
  • In Latvian, pī pī
  • In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
  • 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 Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
  • In Swedish, tut tut
  • In Tagalog, bip bip
  • In Telugu, poy ppoy
  • In Thai, ปี๊น ๆ (pin pin)
  • In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
  • In Uropi, tut
  • In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim
  • Clock ticking

  • In Afrikaans, tik-tok
  • In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak, ...
  • In Bengali, tik tik
  • In Bulgarian, tic tac тик так
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dā 嘀嗒
  • 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
  • In Hindi, tic tic
  • In Hungarian, tik tak
  • In Indonesian, tik tok
  • In Italian, tic tac
  • In Japanese, チクタク (chikutaku), 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 Marathi, tik-tik टिक-टिक
  • In Nepali, clit caqq
  • In Norwegian tikk takk
  • In Polish, tik tak
  • In Portuguese, tique-taque
  • 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, ติ๊กต็อก (tiktok)
  • In Turkish, tik tak
  • In Vietnamese, tích tắc
  • In Volapük, tiktö
  • Doorbell ringing

  • In Afrikaans, trieng
  • In Croatian, din don
  • In Danish, ding ding, ring ring
  • In Dutch, tring tring
  • In English, ding-dong, bing-bong
  • In French, ding-dong
  • In German, klingeling
  • In Italian, din don
  • In Japanese, ピンポーン (pinpōn)
  • In Marathi, ting-tong टिंग-टौंग
  • In Polish, dryń dryń
  • In Romanian, țâr țâr
  • In Russian, din-don дин-дон
  • In Swedish, ding dong, pling plong
  • In Tagalog, ding dong
  • In Thai, ติ๊งต่อง (ting tong), ติ๊งหน่อง (ting nong),
  • In Italian, din don
  • Keyboard striking

  • In Batak, tik tik
  • In Bulgarian, trak-trak трак-трак
  • In Catalan txiquiti-txiquiti, txic txic.
  • In Czech, klik, ťuk ťuk
  • In Danish: klik klik
  • In Dutch: tik tik
  • In English: click click, click clack, taka taka
  • 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, klik klik, קְלִיק־קְלִיק
  • In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
  • In Japanese, kata kata カタカタ
  • In Latvian, klikš, klab klab
  • In Polish, klik klik
  • In Russian, klatz-klatz клац-клац
  • In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick
  • In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
  • In Thai, ก้อกแก้ก (kokkaek)
  • In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır
  • In Vietnamese, lạch cạch
  • Match striking

    . In Bengali, phash

  • In Russian, chirk чирк
  • Telephone ringing

  • In Afrikaans, trieng trieng
  • In Arabic, terren terren تــرن تــرن
  • In Batak, riiing, riiing...
  • In Bengali, kring, kring
  • In Bulgarian, zan zan зън зън
  • In Catalan, ring, ring
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ling ling ling
  • In Croatian, drin drin
  • In Czech, crrrrr
  • In Danish, ring ring, dingeling
  • In Dutch, tring tring
  • In English, ring ring, brrring brrring, ringaling
  • In Estonian tirr tirr tirr
  • In Finnish, ring ring
  • In French, dring dring[2]
  • In German, klingeling, klingelingeling
  • In Hungarian, csing ling
  • In Indonesian, kring kring
  • In Italian, drin drin
  • In Japanese, jiriririri(n) ジリリリリ(ン)
  • In Kazakh, shyryl-shyryl шырыл шырыл
  • In Korean, ttareureung ttareureung 따르릉 따르릉
  • In Kyrgyz, чырр
  • In Latvian, dzin dzin
  • In Lithuanian, dzin dzin, dzin dzilin
  • In Polish, dryń dryń
  • In Portuguese, trimm
  • In Romanian, ţâr-ţâr
  • In Russian, dzyn’-dzyn’ дзынь-дзынь
  • In Spanish, rin rin
  • In Swedish, ring ring
  • In Tagalog, kring kring
  • In Thai, kring kring กริ๊ง กริ๊ง
  • In Turkish, zır zır
  • In Vietnamese, reng
  • Siren wailing

  • In Afrikaans, pie-pô
  • In Arabic, wee-waa
  • In Bengali, pay puu
  • In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na
  • In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu тии-ну-нии-ну
  • In Catalan, ninu ni, ni no ni no
  • In Croatian, ninu ninu, tinu ninu
  • 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 Italian, nino nino
  • In Japanese, 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 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, ปี๊ป่อ ปี๊ป่อ (pipo pipo), วี้หว่อ วี้หว่อ (wiwo wiwo)
  • In Turkish, Daa dii
  • In Vietnamese, ò e í e
  • Train whistling

  • In Afrikaans, toe-toe
  • In Arabic, toot-toot
  • 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 French, tchou tchou
  • In Finnish, tuut tuut
  • In Hebrew, tu-tu טוּ־טוּ
  • In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
  • In Indonesian, tuuut, tuuut
  • In Italian, ciuf ciuf
  • In Japanese, shuppo shuppo 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
  • In Romanian, u! uuu!
  • In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу
  • In Spanish, chu chu
  • In Swedish, tuut-tuut
  • In Tagalog, hup
  • In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
  • In Thai, ปู๊น ปู๊น (pun pun)
  • In Turkish, çuv çuv
  • Electric flowing (buzzing)

  • In Afrikaans, zoei
  • In English, bzzz buzz
  • In Hebrew, bzzz בְּזזז, tzzz טְזְזז
  • In Japanese, biri biri ビリビリ
  • In Latvian, bzz, zumm
  • In Polish, bzzzz...
  • In Romanian, bâz bzzz
  • In Swedish, bzzz
  • In Thai, ตืด (tued)
  • Electric shock

  • In English, zap
  • In Filipino, tssst
  • In Finnish, tsäp
  • In French, xzite
  • In German, zapp
  • In Japanese, biri ビリッ, bachi バチッ
  • In Polish, bzzt
  • Fire

  • In Afrikaans, knetter
  • In Dutch, knetter
  • In English, crackle crackle
  • In German, knister knister
  • In Japanese, Pachi pachi パチパチ
  • In Polish, trzask
  • In Swedish, knaster knaster
  • In Thai, พรึ่บ (prueb), พรึ่บ พรั่บ (prueb prub)
  • Lightning

  • In Batak, huist
  • In English, crack
  • In German, zack
  • In Hebrew, בְּרָק b'raq
  • In Korean, beonjjeok 번쩍
  • In Marathi, kadaad कडाड
  • In Thai, เปรี้ยง (priang)
  • Steam hissing

  • In Afrikaans, sis
  • In Arabic, fssss
  • In Batak, ssssss
  • In English, psss
  • In German, zisch
  • In Hebrew, psss פְּססס
  • In Japanese, pushū プシュー
  • In Romanian, fâs, fsssss
  • In Russian, psssh пшшш
  • In Swedish, pssst
  • In Thai, ฟู่ (fuu)
  • Thunder

  • In Batak, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
  • In Bengali, kar kar, gur gur
  • In English, roll, rumble,boom
  • In Finnish, jyrin, jylin
  • In German, groll, grummel
  • In Japanese, goro goro ゴロゴロ
  • In Marathi, gad-gad गड्-गड्
  • In Polish, grzmot
  • In Romanian, bum
  • In Russian, babakh бабах, tararakh тарарах, trakh-tararakh трах-тарарах
  • In Swedish, muller
  • In Thai, ครืน ครืน (kruen kruen)
  • Water dripping

  • In Afrikaans, drip
  • In Arabic, tik tik
  • 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
  • In Catalan, plip plip
  • 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
  • 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
  • In Japanese, ポツポツ (potsu potsu), pota pota 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, ติ๋ง ๆ (ting ting), 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 Bengali, ভোঁ bhõ, শন শন shôn shôn, ঝির ঝির jhir jhir
  • 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, sough, surf
  • 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 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, วิ้ว วิ้ว (wio wio), ฟิ้ว ฟิ้ว (fio fio)
  • In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
  • In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling)
  • Jingling

  • In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
  • In Armenian zar zank զար զանկ
  • In Bengali, rini-jhini
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹 (吊 means "hang")
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃, dīng dāng 叮当
  • In Batak, giring, giring
  • In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш, ding-dong динг-донг
  • In Croatian, ding dong
  • In Czech, cinky-cink
  • In Dutch, tingeling
  • In English, clink clank, dingle dangle
  • In Estonian kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
  • In Finnish, kilin, helin
  • In French, ding-dong
  • In German, klingeling
  • In Hebrew, ding-dong דִינְג־דוֹנְג
  • In Hungarian, csing-ling, bim-bam, giling-galang
  • In Japanese, チリンチリン (chirin chirin), 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 Polish, dzyń-dzyń
  • In Romanian, ding-dong
  • In Russian, din'-don динь-дон dzìnj-dzìnj дзынь-дзынь
  • In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
  • In Tagalog, klang klang
  • In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
  • In Thai, เคร้ง (kreng), กรุ๊งกริ๊ง (krung kring)
  • In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur
  • References

    Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias Wikipedia


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