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:
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] | |||
Croatian | gric | njam njam | glp glp, glu glu | gut | |
Czech | chřup [xr̝up], chroup [xroup] | ham, ňam ňam [ɲam], mňam mňam [mɲam] | glo glo | ||
Danish | haps [hɑb̥s][dan 1] | nam nam, mam mam | slurk, glub | glub, gulp | |
Dutch | hap | jam jam | slurp, klok klok klok | slik | |
English | chomp | yum yum, nom nom | slurp, glug | gulp | |
Estonian | amps | näm näm, nämm nämm | kull kull | lonks | |
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 | ムシャムシャ (musha-musha) [jpn 1] | モグモグ (mogu mogu),[jpn 2] パクパク (paku paku)[jpn 3] | ゴクゴク (goku goku) | ごくっ (goku)[jpn 4] | 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(pronounced [ˈlaplup]), कर्याम-कुरुम(pronounced [kʌɾjam kuɾum]) | क्वाप्प(pronounced [kwapːʌ]) | घट-घट(pronounced [ˈɡʱʌʈɡʱʌʈ]), कल-कल(pronounced [kʌlkʌl]) | ||
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) [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 | |
Tagalog | nam nam | lunók | tsuka tsuka | ||
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 |
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) | draat, fassi, or tooz[ara 1] | hatchu[ara 1] | ||||
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)[zho 1] | 阿嚏 (ā tì)[zho 2] | 呼噜 (hū lu)[zho 3] | ||||
Croatian | tup tup, bum bum | kah | prd | apćih, apćiha | zzz | zijev | |
Czech | buch buch | krk | prd | hepčí [ˈɦɛpt͡ʃiː] | chrrr | zív | |
Danish | dunk dunk, bank bank | bøvs [bœwˀs],[dan 2] ræb [ʁεˀb][dan 3] | 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 | |
Finnish | tu-tum, pu-pum | röyh | köh köh | prut, prööt | atshii, atshiu, atsiuh, ätshii, ätshiu, ätsiuh | krooh pyyh | haukotus[citation needed] |
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) | אַפְּצִ'י apchi[heb 1] | חְררר (xrrr) | ||
Hindi | daṛak (pronounced [d̪əˈɽək]) | achhee | |||||
Hungarian | ta-tamm | böff | köh-köh | pú | hapci | hrr pityipű | |
Icelandic | dúnk dúnk | atsjú | |||||
Indonesian | dag-dig-dug, deg-deg | erk | uhuk-uhuk | pret, prett, tuut | hacciihh | grookkk | hoam |
Italian | tu tump | rutt | prot | etciú | ronf, zzz | ||
Japanese | (nervous excitement) ドキドキ (doki doki), (suspense, thrill)[jpn 5] | ゲップ (geppu) | ブ (bu), プ (pu) | ハクション (hakushon)[jpn 6] | ぐうぐう gu-gu[jpn 7] | フワアーア fuwaāa | |
Kannada | dub bub, dava dava | ||||||
Kazakh | дүрс-дүрс (du'rs-du'rs) | парт (part), парт-пұрт (part-purt) | әпшу (apshu) | қорр (qorr), қорр-қорр (qorr-qorr) | |||
Korean | 두근두근 (dugeun dugeun) | 꺼억 (kkeo-eok) | 콜록 (kollok) | 뿡 (ppung) | 에취 (echwi) | 드르렁 (deureureong) | 하암 (haam) |
Latin | ruct | prox | |||||
Latvian | tuk-tuk | ačī, apčī | žāv | ||||
Lithuanian | tuk tuk | pirst | apčiū, apči | ||||
Macedonian | туп туп (tup tup) | апчиха (apchiha) | |||||
Malay | dup dap dup dap | ə~kk, bəkk | pro~t, pret, poot | achom, achum | krrohh krrohh, dengkur | haaa, nguap | |
Marathi | धड धड (dhad dhad), धक-धक (dhak dhak) | ढुस्स (dhuss), ढुम (dhum) | आच्छीं (acchin), आच्छू (acchoo) | घोर (ghor), घुर्र (ghurr) | |||
Navajo | tsʼidog | ||||||
Nepali | ढुक-ढुक(pronounced [ɖʱukɖʱuk]) | ढ्याउ(pronounced [ɖʱjau̯]) | ख्याक-ख्याक([kʰjakkʰjak]) | ह्वास्स([ɦwasːʌ]) | हाच्छ्यु(pronounced [ˈɦat͡st͡sʰju]) | घुर-घुर([ɡʱurɡʱur]) | हाई([ɦai̯]) |
Norwegian | dunk dunk | aatsjoo | |||||
Persian | tāp-o-tūp, tāp-tāp | ārūγ | pup | achu | xor-o-pof, xor-nāse | ||
Polish | bum bum, bu-bum | bek | prrr(yt), prut | a-psik | chrrr, chrrr-pśśś | ziew | |
Portuguese | tun-tum | burp[por 1] | pum | atchim, atchô[por 1] | zzz | uah | |
Romanian | râg (a râgâi = to burp) | pârț | hapciu | sfor | |||
Russian | тук-тук (tuk-tuk) | кхе-кхе (kkhe-kkhe) | пук (puk) | апчхи (apchkhi) | хр-р-р (khrrr) | ||
Serbian | туп-туп (tup-tup) | трт (trt) | апћиха (apćiha) | ||||
Sinhalese | හචිස් (hacis) | ||||||
Slovak | grg | hapčí | |||||
Slovene | ačih, ačiha | ||||||
Spanish | bum bum bum, tucutún tucutún | tjum, tjum | prt | achu, achís, achú | szzz | ||
Swedish | du-dunk, du-dunk | rap | prutt | atjoo | snark | gäsp | |
Tagalog | dub dub dub dub, tibók tibók | ebb | purorót, utót | hatsíng, bahíng | kok-sss | hikab | |
Tamil | lappu-tappu | karukk murukk | a-choo | ||||
Telugu | lab-dab | para para | Haatch | ||||
Thai | ตุ้บ ตุ้บ (tup tup), ตึ้ก ตั้ก (tuek tak) | เอิ่ก (oek) | แค่ก แค่ก (khaek khaek) | ปู้ด (puut), ป้าด (pät) | ฮัดเช่ย (hatchoei), ฮัดชิ่ว (hatchiw) | ครอก ฟี้ (khrok fi), ครอก ครอก (khrok khrok) | หาว (hao) |
Turkish | güm güm, küt küt, güp güp | gark | öhö öhö | zart, zort, pırt | hapşu | hor | |
Urdu | dhakdhak | ||||||
Vietnamese | thình thịch, bình bịch | ợ | ho, | phẹt, bủm, địt | hắt xì, ắt xì | khò, khò khò | oáp, ngáp |
Language | Baby crying | Scream | Shriek |
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Afrikaans | wê | ||
Albanian | ua-ua, uëë | au, oh, ai, | |
Arabic | وع وع (wa'-wa' ) | أي (ai)[ara 2] | |
Azerbaijani | ingə | uf, of, ox | |
Basque | ai, aiei, epa | ||
Batak | nguek nguek | alale | ei |
Belarusian | ай (aj) | ||
Bengali | ওয়া ওয়া oaa oaa, ভ্যাঁ ভ্যাঁ 'bhaen̐ bhaen̐, ব্য ব্যঁ bae baen̐ ওয়্যা ওয়্যা oae oae অ্যাহ-হে aeh-he | ||
Bulgarian | уаа уаа (uaa uaa) | ай (aj), ау (au), ох (oh), ой (oj) | |
Catalan | enguè, engüè, engú | ai, au, ui, uix, oi | hiii, crii |
Chinese, Cantonese | 哇哇 (waa1 waa1) | 哎呀 (aai1 jaa3) | |
Chinese, Mandarin | 哇哇 (wā wā)[zho 4] | 啊 (ā), 噢 (ō), 哎呀 (āiyā), 哎哟 (āiyō) | |
Croatian | jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč | ||
Czech | bé bé [bɛːbɛː] | au, jau | |
Danish | vræl [ˈvʁεːˀl][dan 4] | av | |
Dutch | au, auw | iek | |
English | wah-wah[eng 1] | ah, arghh ow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes, oof | gah, eek, yikes |
Estonian | ää-ää | ai, oi | |
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) /uaua/[gre 1] | ωχ (òkh) | |
Haitian Creole | ay | ||
Hebrew | אָח (àx),[heb 2] 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 | オギャ- (ogyaa)[jpn 8] | ギャー (gyā) | きゃあ (kyaa)[jpn 9] |
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([aː]), ऐया([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 | buá buá[por 1] | ah, au, ui[por 1] | ai[por 1] |
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 |
Tagalog | uwá | aráy, ay, arúy | |
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) |
Language | Hushing | Pausing or thinking | Stuttering |
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Afrikaans | sjoes, sjuut | hakkel | |
Albanian | shh, shët | ëëë, ëmm | gaga, gëgë |
Arabic | suh, hoss | يعني (y'ani) | tahtaha |
Armenian | լուռ (loor), սուս (soos) | ըը, ըհը (uhh, uhu) | թօթօ (to-to) |
Basque | ixo | ba... | ele-mele |
Batak | a-ak | ||
Bengali | থৎমৎ (thôtomôto) | ||
Bulgarian | шът (shut, sh't) | ъъъ (aaa) | |
Catalan | xxt, xst, pst, xit, xist | ai, au, ui, uix | |
Chinese, Cantonese | 殊 (syu4) | 嗯 (m6, m3) | 甩甩咳咳 (lak1 lak1 kak1 kak1) |
Chinese, Mandarin | 噓 (xū)[zho 5] | 嗯 (èn) | |
Croatian | ššš, pssst | ||
Czech | pš [pʃ] | é [e:]/[ʔ], hmmm, mmm | bla bla |
Danish | ssh, sshy, schyy all pronounced [ʃː(ʷ)],[dan 5] tys [tˢys],[dan 6] hys [hys][dan 7] | øh | |
Dutch | ssst | eh | hakkel, stotter |
English | hush, shh,shush | uh, um, er, erm, hmmm, mmm | |
Estonian | kuss, tšš | ee | |
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) | アーノ (āno), エート (ēto) | |
Korean | 쉿 (swit) | 어 (eo), 음 (eum), 그 (keu) | 어쩌고저쩌고(eojjeogojeojjeogo), 이러쿵저러쿵(ireokungjeoreokung) |
Latvian | kuš, ššš | mmm, hmm | |
Lithuanian | ša, ššš | ||
Malay | shhht | aaa, amm | ha ha |
Marathi | शूऽऽ (ssshhhoo), चुप (chup) | हम्ऽ (hmm) | तत पप (tata papa) |
Norwegian | hysj | ø, øh | |
Persian | hīs | hmm | tete-pete |
Polish | ćśśś | hmmm, yyy, eee | y-yh |
Portuguese | chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu[por 1] | ããã, âââ, hmm[por 1] | |
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 |
Slovenian | pšt, pst | hm, em | |
Spanish | chitón, cht | mmm | |
Swedish | schh | öh | |
Tagalog | tsut | sasasasa | |
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 |
Language | Laughter | Kiss |
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Afrikaans | ha ha | mwa |
Albanian | ha ha, hu hu, he he | puç, mpuç |
Arabic | hà hà[ara 1] | 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),[zho 6] 呵呵 (hē hē),[zho 7] 嘻嘻 (xī xī),[zho 8] 嘿嘿 (hēi hēi) | boh 啵 (This word is a modern creation)[citation needed] |
Croatian | ha ha, he he, hi hi | cmok |
Czech | ha ha, cha cha [xa xa], chi chi [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 |
Finnish | haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent) | muisk |
French | haha, héhé, hihi, hoho | mouah, smack |
German | haha, hihi | muah, schmatz |
Greek | χαχα (haha), χεχε (hehe) | μα (ma), ματς (mats), μουτς (mouts) |
Hebrew | חָה־חָה (xà xà)[heb 3] | 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 [ɦaɦa]), ahaha | म्म्वाँ([mːwã]) |
Norwegian | ha-ha, he-he, hi-hi, ho-ho | smask |
Persian | hā-hā, he-he, qāh-qāh | m, mp, māč-o-mūč |
Polish | haha, hihi, hehe, hoho | cmok |
Portuguese | haha, kaka, huehua[por 1] | splish splash, smac, chuac |
Romanian | ha-ha, hi-hi | smac, ţoc, mua |
Russian | хаха (haha), хихи (hihi), хехе (hèhè) | чмок (chmoк) |
Serbian | хаха (haha), хихи (hihi), хехе (hehe) | цмок (cmok) |
Sinhalese | උම්ම (umma) | |
Slovak | ha ha, cha cha, hi hi | cmuk |
Slovene | haha, hihi, hehe, hoho, huhu | cmok |
Somali | k(h)a k(h)a | |
Spanish | jaja, jeje, jiji, jojo, juju | mua, muac, chuik (South America) |
Swedish | haha,hehe,hoho,hihi,höhö,håhå | smack |
Tagalog | haha, hehe, hihi | tsup, mwah |
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 /mudʒ(u)k/ |
Ukrainian | ги ги [hihi],ги-ги-ги,га-га [haha],ге-ге [hehe],гі-гі [hihi],кха [kkha],і-хи-хи-х [i khi khi kh],haha,іх [ikh],[khe khe],[khi:],[kha:] | цьом (tsiom) |
Vietnamese | ha ha, hi hi, hô hô, keke, ka ka, hehe, hi hô, hêlo duke huê | chụt |
Language | Chicken clucking | Rooster crowing | Turkey calling | Goose calling | Duck calling |
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Afrikaans | kloek kloek | koekeloekoe | kwaak | ||
Albanian | kikiriki | glluglluk | gak-gak | mak-mak | |
Arabic | قرقر (qur qur), بق بق بيق (baq baq baiq)[ara 3] | kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo, صقاع (siqā`)[ara 3] | كواك كواك (kwāk kwāk)[ara 4] | وق وق (waq-waq), بطبطة (batbata)[ara 5][ara 6] | |
Armenian | ճիտ ճիտ ճիտ (jeed jeed jeed) | tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo, coo-coo-ree-coo | |||
Basque | kakara-kakara | kukurruku | karra-karra | par-par | |
Batak | kotek-kotek | kuak-kuak | |||
Bengali | খক খক (khok khok), কক কক (kok kok) | কক্কড়ো (kokkodo), কক্কড়ক (kokkodok), কুক্কুরুক্কু (kukkurukku), খুক্কুরুক্কু (khukkurukku) | pnak pnak | ||
Bulgarian | ко-ко-ко (ko-ko-ko) | кукуригу (cucurigu) | квак-квак (kvak kvak) | па-па (paa paa) | |
Catalan | cloc, cloc-cloc | quiquiriquic, cocorococ | glo-glo-gloc, glu-glu | coac-coac, guac-guac, qüec-qüec | coac-coac, mec-mec, nyec, qüec-qüec |
Chinese, Cantonese | 咯咯 (gok4 gok1) | 咯咯咯咯 (gok4 gok1 gok3 gok6) | 呱呱 (gwek4 gwek2) | ||
Chinese, Mandarin | 咯咯 (gē gē) | 咕咕咕 (gū gū gū)[zho 9] | 嘎嘎 (gā gā),[zho 10] 呱呱 (guā guā)[zho 11] | ||
Croatian | kokoda, kokodak | kukuriku | "glu-glu-glu" | ga ga | kva kva |
Czech | kokodák | kykirikí | hudry hudry | ga ga | káč káč |
Danish | kuk kuk, gok gok | kykkeliky | rap rap | ||
Dutch | tok tok tok | kukeleku | gak gak | kwak kwak, kwaak kwaak | |
English | cluck cluck, bawk bawk, bok bok bok, bok bok b'gawk, buk erk | cock a doodle doo | gobble gobble | honk honk | quack |
Estonian | kaa-kaa, kaak-kaak | kikerikii, kukeleegu | kaak kaak | prääk prääk, prääks prääks | |
Finnish | kot kot | kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing) | klu klu klu | kvaak kvaak | |
French | cot cot, cot cot cot, cot cot codet | cocorico[fra 1] | ca car | coin coin[fra 1] | |
Georgian | ყიყლიყო (qiqliqo) | ||||
German | gack gack gack, guaguagua | kikeriki[ger 1] | gack gack[ger 1] | quak quak[ger 1] | |
Greek | κο κο (ko ko), κλο κλο (klo klo) (sitting) | κικιρίκου (kikiriku) | κουάκ κουάκ (kuak kuak) | ||
Hebrew | קוּר־קוּר־קוּר (qur qur qur),[heb 4] בָּק־בָּק־בָּק (bàq bàq bàq) | קוּקוּרִיקוּ (quuquuriqu)[heb 4] | גַּע־גַּע (gaqh gaqh)[heb 4] | גַּע־גַּע (gaʕ gaʕ)[heb 4] | |
Hindi | ku-kudu-koo | ||||
Hungarian | kot-kot-kot-kodács | kukurikú | gá gá | háp háp | |
Icelandic | gaggalagó | bra bra | |||
Indonesian | petok-petok | kukuruyuk | kwak kwak | kwek kwek | |
Irish | cuc-adiú-dil-ú | vác[1] | |||
Italian | coccodè | chicchirichi[ita 1] | glu glu | qua qua[ita 1] | qua qua[ita 1] |
Japanese | コッコッ (kokko) | コケコッコー (kokekokkō)[jpn 10] | ガーガー (gā gā)[jpn 10] | ガーガー (gā gā)[jpn 10] | |
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)[mar 1] | |||
Nepali | kukhuri kaa | braaaq caaq | |||
Norwegian | klukk klukk | kykkeliky | kvakk kvakk | ||
Persian | qod-qod, qod-qod-qodā(s) | qūqūli qū-qū | (Northern) mak-mak | ||
Polish | ko ko ko, kod-kodaak | kukuryku | gul gul | gę gę | kwa kwa kwa |
Portuguese | có có có | cocorocó, cocoricó[por 1] | 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[Spa 1] | glu, glu, glu | cua cua[Spa 1] | cua cua[Spa 1] |
Sundanese | kongkorongok | ||||
Swedish | kluck kluck, kackel | kuckeliku | kvack kvack | ||
Tagalog | po-kok | tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok | ong ong | kwak kwak | |
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 /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 |
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),[ara 7] غِرد (gharid) (to chirp),[ara 8] زِيو زِيو (ziw ziw)[ara 3] | قاقا qà qà, نعيق (na'eeq),[ara 9] / نعيب (na'eeb)[ara 10] | |
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)[zho 12] | 哑哑 (yā yā)[zho 13] | |
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 |
Finnish | tsirp tsirp, tviit, piip piip, ti-ti-tyy (great tit) | kraa kraa | huhuu |
French | cui cui, piou piou[fra 1] | crôa crôa | ouh ouh |
German | piep piep, tschiep[ger 1] | krah krah | hu hu |
Greek | τσίου τσίου (tsiu tsiu) | κρα κρα (kra kra) | |
Hebrew | צִיף־צִיף (tsif tsif),[heb 4] צְוִיץ־צְוִיץ (tswits tswits)[heb 4] | קְרָע־קְרָע (qràqh qràqh)[heb 4] | הוּ־הוווּ (hu-huuu) |
Hindi | cheh cheh | kaa kaa | |
Hungarian | csip-csirip | kár kár | hú hú |
Icelandic | bíbí, tvít tvít | krúnk krúnk | ú ú |
Indonesian | cit-cit, cicitcuit | kaa kaa, kak kak | kuk-kuk |
Italian | cip cip, pio pio (chick)[ita 1] | 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)[jpn 10] | カアカア (kaa kaa), ガアガア (gaa gaa) | ホウホウ (hō hō) |
Kannada | kha-kha | ||
Kazakh | шыр-шыр (shyr-shyr), шық-шық (shyq-shyq) | қарқ-қарқ (qarq-qarq) | |
Korean | 짹짹 (jjaek jjaek) | 까악까악 (kkaak kkaak) | 부엉부엉 (bu-eong) |
Latgalian | krā | ||
Latvian | čiu čiu, čiv čiv | krā | u-hū |
Lithuanian | čik čirik, čyru vyru | kar kar | |
Macedonian | чурулик чурулик (churulik churulik) | гра гра (gra gra) | |
Malay | cip cip | ||
Malayalam | കൂ കൂ(coo coo) | ക്രാ ക്രാ (kra kra) | |
Marathi | किलबिल (kil-bil), छिव-छिव (chiw-chiw), कुहू-कुहू (coohoo-coohoo), किल-किल (kil-kil), काव-काव (kaw-kaw) | काव-काव (kav-kav) | |
Norwegian | kra kra | ||
Persian | چهچه (čah-čah), چهچهه (čah-čahe) | قارقار (qār-qār) | |
Polish | ćwir ćwir, fiu-fiu | kra kra | hu-huuu |
Portuguese | piu piu | cra cra | u-huu |
Romanian | cip cirip, piu piu | cra cra | hu-huuu |
Russian | чирик-чирик (chirik-chirik), чик-чирик (chik-chirik), чив-чив (chiv-chiv) | кар-кар (kar kar) | угу (ugu), уху (ukhu) |
Serbian | ћију-ћију (ćiju-ćiju) | кра-кра (kra-kra) | |
Sinhalese | කුමු-කුමු (kumu kumu) | කාක්-කාක් (kāk kāk) | |
Slovak | píp píp, čvirik, čvirik | ||
Slovene | čiv čiv | kra kra | hu hu |
Spanish | pío pío[Spa 1] | cuaa cuaaa, uacc uac | uh, uh |
Swedish | kvitter kvitter | kra kra, krax krax | ho-hoo |
Tagalog | twit twit | wák wák | |
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 /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" |
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 ) [ara 3] | نباح (nibaah), haw haw, hab hab[ara 3] | عواء (awoooo)[ara 3] |
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 (miu miu) | ঘেউ ঘেউ (gheu gheu), ভেউ ভেউ (bheu bheu), ভউ ভউ (bhou bhou) | huukka huuya |
Bulgarian | мяу (mjau) | бау бау (bau bau), джаф джаф (djaff djaff) | аууу (auuu) |
Catalan | marramèu, mèu [(mərə)ˈmɛw], marramau, mau | bup-bup, bub-bub | auu, ahú |
Chinese, Cantonese | 喵喵 (mēu-mēu) | 㕵㕵 (wōu-wōu) | |
Chinese, Mandarin | 喵 (miāo)[zho 14] | 汪汪 (wāng wāng)[zho 15] | |
Croatian | mijau; mrnjau (tomcat) | vau vau | auuuuu |
Czech | mňau [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 | |
Finnish | miau, mau, nau, kurnau | hau hau, vuh vuh | auuu, vouuu |
French | miaou [mja.u][fra 1] | ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf[fra 1] | aoouu |
Galician | jau jau | ||
German | miau[ger 1] | wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff | |
Greek | νιάου (niau) | γαβ γαβ (ghav ghav) | αουυυ (auuu) |
Hebrew | מְיָאוּ (miàw)[heb 4] | הַב־הַב (hav hav),[heb 4] הַאוּ־הַאוּ (haw haw)[heb 4] | אַאוווּ (awooo) |
Hindi | myaau, myaaoo | भो भो (bho bho) | |
Hungarian | miaú, nyau | vau vau | |
Icelandic | mjá | voff voff | |
Indonesian | meong | guk guk | auuu |
Italian | miao, miau, mao[ita 1] | bau bau[ita 1] | auuu |
Japanese | ニャー (nyā)[jpn 10] | ワンワン (wan wan),[jpn 10] アウアウ (au au, smaller dogs) | ワオーン (waōn), アオーン (aōn) |
Kannada | bow bow | ||
Kazakh | мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau) | арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau) | ұұұ (üüü) |
Korean | 야옹 (yaong) | 멍멍 (meong meong) | 아우우우 (a-uuu) |
Latgalian | ņau ņau | vau vau | |
Latvian | mjau, ņau | vau | |
Lithuanian | miau | au au | aūūū |
Macedonian | мјау (mjau) | ав ав (av av), џав џав (dzhav dzhav) | |
Malayalam | ങ്യാവൂ ങ്യാവൂ(ngyaoo ngyaoo) | ബൌ ബൌ(bau bau) | |
Malay | اياو (iau) | ||
Marathi | म्यांव (meow/myao) | भो-भो (bho bho) | कुई (kuii) |
Nepali | म्याउँ ([mjãũ̯]) | भौ-भौ ([bʱʌu̯bʱʌu̯]) | |
Norwegian | mjau | voff voff, vov vov | |
Persian | میومیو (mioo mioo) | واق واق (vāq vāq), هاف هاف (hāf-hāf) | |
Polish | miau | hau hau | a-uuu |
Portuguese | miau[por 1] | au au, ão ão, béu béu[por 1] | auuu |
Romanian | miau | ham ham | auuu |
Russian | мяу (mjau) | гав-гав (gav gav, big dogs), тяф-тяф (tyaf tyaf, small dogs) | у-у-у (wu-u-u) |
Serbian | мњау (mnjau) | ав ав (av av) | ауууу (auuu) |
Sinhalese | ඤාවු (ñāvu) | බුඃ බුඃ (buh buh) | |
Slovak | mňau | hav-hav, hau-hau, haf-haf | |
Slovene | mijav | hov hov | auuu |
Spanish | miau [ˈmjaw][Spa 1] | guau guau[Spa 1] | auuu |
Swedish | mjau, mjao, jam | vov vov, voff voff | |
Tagalog | meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw | aw aw | |
Tamil | மியா (miaow(m)) | லொள் லொள் (loll-loll), vovw-vovw, vazh vazh | |
Telugu | miao(m) | bau bau | |
Thai | เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew) | โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok) | โบร๋ว์ (brow) |
Turkish | miyav | hav hav | auuu |
Ukrainian | няв (niav) | гав (hav) | |
Urdu | meow[urd 1] | ||
Uropi | miaw | waw waw | |
Vietnamese | meo | gâu gâu, sủa sủa | |
Volapük | miov | ||
Welsh | miaw |
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 | صهيل (saheel)[ara 3] | deregin-deregin | نهيق (naheeq)[ara 3] | |
Basque | iiiiii | traka-traka | aja-ja | |
Bengali | chi hni | tag bag | tag bag | |
Bulgarian | тъгъдък тъгъдък (tagadak tagadak) | и-аа и-аа (i-aa i-aa) | ||
Catalan | hiii, iii | toc-toc toc-toc [tɔk tɔk] | to-co-toc to-co-toc [tɔkɔ:tɔk] | i-aaa, ihà |
Croatian | njihaa | klop klop | i-a | |
Czech | íí-hahá | íí-áá | ||
Danish | vrinsk | gadagung gadagung | ||
Dutch | niii, hiii | kataklop kataklop | ie-aa | |
English | neigh | clip clop | gallop | hee-haw |
Estonian | ii-ha-haa | koppadi kopp | ||
Finnish | ii-ha-haa | klip-klop | kopoti kopoti, koppoti koppoti | ihaa |
French | hiii hiii | pa-ta-clop | cataclop cataclop, dougoudoum dougoudoum | hi han |
German | wiehiehie | i-ah | ||
Hebrew | הִי־הִי (hii hii)[heb 4] | אִי־אָה (-i-à)[heb 4] | ||
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 | ヒーン (hīn) | ガラガラ (gara gara) | ||
Kazakh | мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau) | арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau) | ұұұ (üüü) | |
Korean | 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 /ˈǃˈǃʷ ˈǃˈǃʷ/, 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 | ฮี้ ๆ (hii hii) | กุบกับ กุบกับ (kupkap kupkap) | ||
Turkish | ih-hi-i-i | dıgı-dıg dıgı-dıg | aa-ii | |
Vietnamese | hí hí hí | nhong nhong | cà lộc |
Language | Cow mooing | Sheep bleating | Goat bleating | Pig grunting | Pig squealing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afrikaans | moe | mê | |||
Albanian | muu | behehe, bee | behehe, bee | hunk-hunk | |
Arabic | moo, ngoah | امباع (mbaa), مأة (maa' )[ara 3] | ثغاء[ara 11] | قباع (qibaa)[ara 3] | |
Armenian | մայ (may) | ||||
Basque | mu | mee | bee | kurrin-kurrin | |
Bengali | hamba | myaa myaa | byaa byaa/ ম্যা ম্যা(me me) | ghnot ghnot | |
Bulgarian | муу (muu) | беее (beee) | меее (meee) | грух грух (gruh gruh) | квич-квич (kvich-kvich) |
Catalan | mmm, muu | bèè, mèè | bèè, mèè | oinc-oinc, gronyc | |
Chinese, Cantonese | 咩 (me1) | ||||
Chinese, Mandarin | 哞 (mōu)[zho 16] | 咩 (miē)[zho 17] | |||
Croatian | muu | bee | mee | rok rok | |
Czech | bůů | béé | meee | chro chro | kvík kvík |
Danish | muh | mæh | øf øf,[dan 8] grynt[dan 9] | ||
Dutch | boe | bèh, mèh | knor knor | ||
English | moo | baa | maa, naa | oink oink | |
Estonian | ammuu, muu, möö | mää mää | röh röh röh | ||
Finnish | ammuu, muu, möö | mää, bää | mä-ä-ä-ää. bä-ä-ä-ää | röh röh, nöf nöf | skviik |
French | meuh, mou | bêêh | groin groin, grouik grouik[fra 1] | ||
Georgian | ვეეე (veee) | ღრუტუ ღრუტუ (ghrutu ghrutu) | |||
German | muh | mäh | grunz grunz, oink oink[ger 1] | ||
Greek (ancient) | βῆ (bê) | ko-i ko-i[gre 2] | |||
Greek (modern) | μoυ (mu) | μεε (mee) | |||
Hebrew | מוווּ (muuu)[heb 4] | מֶה (meh)[heb 4] | אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק (-oinq -oinq),[heb 4] חְרר־חְרר (xrr xrr)[heb 4] | ||
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 | oink oink[ita 1] | ||
Japanese | モーモー (mō mō) | メーメー (mē mē) | プヒプヒ (puhi puhi), ブーブー (bū bū)[jpn 10] | ||
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 | ||
Russian | му (mu) | бее-е (beh) | мее-е (meh) | хрю-хрю (hrju hrju) | |
Serbian | му (mu) | бее-е (beh) | мее-е (meh) | грок грок (grok grok) | |
Slovak | múú | béé | méé | kroch-kroch | kvík-kvík |
Slovene | mu | be | me, mekeke | cvi | |
Spanish | mu | beee | beee | oinc oinc[Spa 1] | cuí |
Swedish | mu | bä | nöff nöff, grymt grymt | ||
Tagalog | ungaa | ngok ngok | |||
Telugu | అంబా (amba) | mae | |||
Thai | มอ (mo) | แบะ แบะ (bae bae) | อู๊ด ๆ (uut uut), 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 |
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)[ara 12] | زئير (za'ir)[ara 3] | ضحك (duhik)[ara 3] |
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), แปร๊น (praen) | โฮก (hoak) | เจี๊ยก ๆ (chiak chiak) |
Turkish | ravr | u-u-a-a | |
Ukrainian | fru-fru-fru, che-che | ||
Vietnamese | ré, rống | goám, gầm, rống | khẹc khẹc |
Language | Bee buzzing | Frog croaking | Snake hissing |
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Afrikaans | zoem | kwaak | sis |
Albanian | bëzz, zhh, vzvzvz | krra-krra | pss |
Arabic | طنين (taneen), دوي (dwii)[ara 3] | نقيق (naqiq)[ara 3] | فحيح (fahih)[ara 13] |
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)[zho 18] | 呱呱 (guā guā)[zho 11] | 嘶嘶 (sī sī) |
Croatian | zum zum, bzzz | kre kre | hsss |
Czech | bzzz | kvá kvá | sss |
Danish | sum | kvæk kvæk,[dan 10] græbæk[citation needed] | |
Dutch | kwaak kwaak | ||
English | buzz, bzzz, (in rural English (as mentioned in Joel Chandler Harris's "Uncle Remus" stories), zoon) | (USA) ribbit, gribbit; (Britain) croak | hiss, sss |
Estonian | summ-summ-summ | krooks krooks | |
Finnish | surr, surrur | kurr kurr, kroak | |
French | bzzz | croa croa | siff |
Galician | cro cro | ||
German | summ | gribbit, quaak | zisch |
Greek | brekekekex koax koax (ancient, likely Rana ridibunda), κουάξ κουάξ (kuaks kuaks) | ||
Hebrew | בְּזזז (bzzz), זוּם־זוּם (zum zum) | קְוָה־קְוָה (qwà qwà)[heb 4] | 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 | ブーン (būn) | ケロケロ (kero kero) | シャー (shā) |
Kazakh | бақ-бақ (baq-baq) | ||
Korean | 붕 (bung), 윙 (wing), 웽 (weng) | 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) | 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 | หึ่ง ๆ (hueng hueng) | อ๊บ ๆ (op op) | ฟ่อ (fo) |
Turkish | vızz | vrak vrak | tısss |
Ukrainian | ква-ква (kva kva),[uk 1] кум-кум (kum kum),[uk 2] квок-квок (kvok kvok)[uk 2] | ||
Vietnamese | ồm ộp, ộp ộp |
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,[zho 19] (kuāng lāng), 哐当[citation needed] (kuāng dāng) | 啪唧 (pā jī) | ||
Croatian | tup | pljas, tres, bum, tup[hr 1] | zvek, zvec | šljap |
Czech | žuch | cink | plesk | |
Danish | bump, dunk | plask | ||
Dutch | plof, plop | klink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingel | plons | |
English | knock, bump, rap, thud, boom, thump | plop, splat, thud, thunk, thonk | clang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow, conk | splash, splish, splosh, splat |
Estonian | lärts, plärts | |||
Finnish | tök, pöksis | kilin, kolin | loiskis, mäts | |
French | floc | paf, bim, bam | plouf | |
German | klopf, plumps, platsch | plumps, patsch, plump | klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel | patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp |
Hebrew | זְבֶּנְג[heb 7] (zbang) | |||
Hungarian | puff, paff | platty, placcs | ||
Indonesian | bruk, gedebuk | jieb | crot, byur | |
Italian | plop | |||
Japanese | ドン (don), ズン (zun) | ぽとり(potori) | カーン (kān) | びちゃっ (bicha) |
Korean | 퍽 (peok) | 턱 (teok) | 쨍 (jjaeng), 팅 (ting) | 철푸덕 (cheolpudeok), 철퍽 (cheolpeok) |
Kyrgyz | чалп (chalp) | |||
Malay | trushh, shushh, pishh | |||
Persian | bāmp | dāmb | jiring | čolop-čolop, pešenge |
Polish | łup | dup, łubudu (longer, louder) | plask | |
Portuguese | puf, pluft, pum | ploft, paft, catapluft, pimba | tchibum[por 1] | |
Romanian | buf | pleosc, fleoșc | jap, harsht, trosc | |
Russian | бац (bats) | хлоп (khlop), шлёп (shlyop) | дзынь (dzyn’), звяк (zvyak), клац (klatz) | бултых (bultykh), плюх (plyukh) |
Slovenian | bum, pof | špljoc | ||
Spanish | toc | plaf, paf | tintin, tilín | splash, plaf |
Swedish | dunk, duns | plask | ||
Tagalog | blag, bug | plok | ||
Tamil | chatak | |||
Thai | ตึง (tueng), ตึ้ง (tueng) | โครม (khrohm) | ติ๊ง (ting), ปิ๊ง (ping) | โพล๊ะ (plo), แผละ (plae) |
Turkish | pof, pot | pat | çang, çing | şap, şop |
Uropi | plac | |||
Vietnamese | bịch | keng, beng | bẹp, phọp |