Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

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

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Human sounds

Consuming food or drink

LanguageBitingEating foodDrinkingSwallowingBrushing teeth
Afrikaans nom, gomfgloeg gloeg gloeg
Albanian ham, kërr, krrëkham-ham, njam-njamllup, gllupvälmos-fësh, fër-fër
Arabic hum-humhummشرب (sharib)
Azerbaijani nəm nəmqurt qurtfıç fıç
Basque kosk, hozkmauka maukazurrutklik
Batak nyaum nyaumguk
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 nyacnyam nyamglupglu 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 gricnjam njamglp glp, glu glugut
Czech chřup [xr̝up] , chroup [xroup] ham, ňam ňam [ɲam] , mňam mňam [mɲam] glo glo
Danish haps [hɑb̥s] [dan 1] nam nam, mam mamslurk, glubglub, gulp
Dutch hapjam jamslurp, klok klok klokslik
English chompyum yum, nom nomslurp, gluggulpsha-shu
Estonian ampsnäm näm, nämm nämmkull kulllonks
Filipino nam namlunóktsuka tsuka
Finnish grunts, hams, hauks, rouskmums-mums, mussun-mussun, mässyn-mässyn, mässyti-mässyti, nam nam, rousk-rousk-rouskgluk gluk gluk, gulps, klunks-klunks, hörps, ryyps, ryystklup
French miam, crounchemiam miamglouglouglougloups
German mampfmampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjamschlürf, gluckschluck
Gujarati gudgud
Hebrew אָממ אָממ (amm amm)שלוּק (shluk)צחצוח (tsikhtsúakh), שקשוק (shikshúk, refers to "shaking teeth")
Hungarian hammnyam-nyam, csám-csámglu-glu, glugy-glugysika-sika
Icelandic kjamsnammi nammglúgg glúgg
Indonesian krauknyam nyamglek glek, gluk glukgleksruk sruk
Italian gnamgnam gnamglu gluglu 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 amņam ņamgul gul
Lithuanian niam niamkliuk kliuk
Malay ngap ngapnyam nyam nyamglup 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 [ˈlaplup] , कर्याम-कुरुम [kʌɾjamkuɾum] क्प्प [kwapːʌ] )घट-घट [ˈɡʱʌʈɡʱʌʈ] , कल-कल [kʌlkʌl]
Norwegian nam namglugg glugg
Persian qolop-qolop
Polish chap, am, chrup (crunch)mniam mniam, chrup chrup (if hard), mlaskgul gulgul gulszuru szuru, szuru buru
Portuguese nhac, nhocnham nhamglup glup
Romanian hap, hațmiam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleascgâl-gâlgogâlț
Russian хрум (khrum)ам (am, quick), ням-ням (njam-njam)бульк бульк (bulk-bulk)
Serbian гриц (gric) [grits] њам-њам (njam-njam)
Slovak chrummňam, hamglo, glo-glo
Slovene gric, hrsknjam njamglu, glu-glu
Spanish ñamñam ñamglu glu glu, glupglup
Swedish nam-namnam namglugg glugg, klunk klunkgulp
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, hurtham hum, nam namhüüp, lıkır lıkırgulpfıtı 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 ngoạmmăm măm, nhăm nhăm, nhồm nhoàm, chàm chạpực ực, ừng ực

Bodily functions and involuntary sounds

LanguageHeart beatingBelchingCoughingFlatulenceSneezingSnoringYawning
Afrikaans doef doefpoepatiesjoesnork
Albanian pam-pam, bam-bamgrromkëm-këm, gam-gampërrpërrtësh, açu, eçugërr, grro
Arabic tum tum, رطم رطم (raṭama-raṭama)draat, fassi, or tooz [ara 1] hatchu [ara 1]
Armenian dchk-dchk, lck-lckthurr, tusshaptchi
Azerbaijani gup-gupöhö-öhözart, zırtxor
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, punpa (strongly), panp-panp (nervously)broust, korrok, kurrunk, zarraaju-aju, atxu-atxu, eiu, eju, keju-keju, kuj-kuj, tuju-tuju, ughpar, parra, parrat, pirri, pirrit, pirrit-parrat, porrot, prrrrrrut, puiiiit, purrut, tarrat, tirri eta tarra, tirri-tarra, tirrit tarrat, turrutatija, atije, atrija, atxi, atxis, atxix, atxufa, hatifa, hatxiugurrunga, korroka, korronga, korronka, korrox, korroxka, kurrun, kurrunka, pzzz, rru-rru, ru-ru-ru, zirri-zorro, zorro-zorro, zurru, zurrun, zurruzta, zzzzzuaaa
Batak bar-bar-barorgputatcimkorrrr
Bengali দুরদুর (durdur), দুরুদুরু (duruduru), লাব ডুব (lāb dub), dhuk-pukহাঁচি (hąci), hącchobhnosh 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-pumrotcof, cofprutatxim, atxemrrrr, rau-rauuà, uaah
Cebuano hahay
Chinese, Cantonese 卜卜 (buk4 buk4)oek4 or oet4 [œʔ²¹] kem4 (kem2)but4, but4 but4乞嗤 (hat1 ci1)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 bumkahprdapćih, apćihazzzzijev
Czech buch buchkrkprdhepčí ( [ˈɦɛpt͡ʃiː] )chrrrzív
Danish dunk dunk, bank bankbøvs ( [bœwˀs] ), [dan 2] ræb ( [ʁεˀb] ) [dan 3] prut, fisatju, hatjusnorkgab
Dutch boenk boenk, boem boem, klop, klopburpuche, ucheprothatsjoe, hatsjiesnurk, zzzgaap
English thump thump, lub dub, ba-bumpburpcough coughfart, tootachoozzz, honk-shooyawn, ho-hum
Estonian tuks tukskrooksköh köhpuuksatsihh, atsih, aptsihh, aptsihnorr
Filipino dub dub dub dub, tibók tibókebbpurorót, utóthatsíng, bahíngkok-ssshikab
Finnish tu-tum, pu-pum, pumputi-pumputibaarp, röyhköh köhbrööt, prut, pröötatshii, atshiu, atsiuh, ätshii, ätshiu, ätsiuhkrooh pyyh, krrrh-hjuhjuhjuhhauks, huaah
French boum boumbeurpkoff koff, teu-heuproutatchoum, atchi, atcharon pchi, (rrr) zzzouaaah
German ba-dumm, bumm bumm, poch pochrülpspupshatschi, hatschuchrr-pfüüh, schnarch, zzz, chhhhgähn
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-tammböffköh-köhpúhapcihrr pityipű
Icelandic dúnk dúnkatsjú
Indonesian dag-dig-dug, deg-degerkuhuk-uhukpret, prett, tuuthacciihhgrookkkhoam
Italian tu tumpruttprotetciúronf, zzz
Japanese ドキドキ (doki doki, nervous excitement, suspense, thrill) [jpn 5] ゲップ (geppu)ゲホゲホ (geho-geho), ゴホン (gohon)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 ructprox
Latvian tuk-tukačī, apčīžāv
Lithuanian tuk tukpirstapčiū, apči
Macedonian туп туп (tup tup)апчиха (apchiha)
Malay dup dap dup dapə~kk, bəkkpro~t, pret, pootachom, achumkrrohh krrohh, dengkurhaaa, 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 [ɖʱukɖʱuk] ढ्याउ [ɖʱjau̯] ख्याक-ख्याक [kʰjakkʰjak] ह्वास्स [ɦwasːʌ] हाच्छ्यु [ˈɦat͡st͡sʰju] घुर-घुर [ɡʱurɡʱur] हाई [ɦai̯]
Norwegian dunk dunkaatsjoo
Persian tāp-o-tūp, tāp-tāpārūġpupachuxor-o-pof, xor-nāse
Polish bum bum, bu-bum, łup-łup (bumping), puk-pukbekkche-kche, khe-khe, kchy-kchy, khy-khypierd, prrr, pruk, prut, pryta-psik, psikchrrr, chrrr-pśśśaaa, ziew
Portuguese tun-tumburp [por 1] pumatchim, atchô [por 1] zzzuah
Romanian râg (a râgâi means to burp)pârțhapciusfor
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 grghapčí
Slovene ačih, ačiha
Spanish bum bum bum, tucutún tucutúntjum, tjumprtachu, achís, achúszzz
Swedish du-dunk, du-dunkrappruttatjoosnarkgäsp
Tamil lappu-tappukarukk murukka-choo
Telugu lab-dabpara paraHaatch
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 güpgarköhö öhözart, zort, pırthapşuhor
Urdu dhakdhak
Vietnamese thình thịch, bình bịchợhophẹt, bủm, địthắt xì, ắt xìkhò, khò khòoáp, ngáp

Cries of distress

LanguageBaby cryingScreamShriek
Afrikaans wê
Albanian ua-ua, uëëau, oh, ai
Arabic وع وع (wa'-wa')أي (ai) [ara 2]
Azerbaijani ingəuf, of, ox
Basque ai, aiei, epa
Batak nguek nguekalaleei
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, engúai, au, ui, uix, oihiii, 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, auwiek
English wah-wah [eng 1] ah, arghhow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes, oofgah, eek, yikes
Estonian ää-ääai, oi
Filipino uwáaráy, ay, arúy
Finnish byääh, vä-hää, yääai, aih, au, auh, autsiik, kääk, ääks
French ouin ouinaïe, ouille, ayoye (Quebec), ouch (Quebec), aw (Quebec), ouaille (Belgium)hii
Galician ai
German wäh-wähau, aua, ah, autschuwah, waah, ieh
Greek ουά-ουά (ouá-ouá) [uaua] [gre 1] ωχ (òkh)
Haitian Creole ay
Hebrew אָח (àx), [heb 2] אָי (ài), אױ ײ (oy vey)
Hindi आहा (àhhà), वाह-वाह (hhàvh-hhàvh)
Hungarian oá oáaú, á, jaj
Icelandic ái, ói, æi
Indonesian owe-oweaduh, ai, aih, awwwwao, huwah
Irish aigh
Italian uè-uèahi, ahia, ohiaah, iih
Japanese オギャー (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, āai
Lithuanian ai, oi
Macedonian уф (uf)
Malay uwek-uwek, wek-wekaduh, adoi, adoiyai, opocot, alamak, omakkau, aaah, haishiish, 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-vangآخ (āx), وای (vāy)آی (āy)
Polish łeeeała (stressed on the last syllable), ał, auuu, auć, aj, łaaaa
Portuguese buá buá [por 1] ah, au, ui [por 1] ai [por 1]
Romanian oa-oa, ue-ueau, ai, aa, ah
Russian уа-уа (ua-ua)ой (oj), ай (aj), ох (okh)уи-и-и (wi-i-i, pig)
Serbian кме-кме (kme-kme)jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč, jao, ауу
Slovak au
Slovenian auč
Spanish buá buá, ro roau, ay
Sinhalese oha oha
Swedish uää-uääaj, ojii
Thai อุแว้ อุแว้ (uwae uwae), แง้ แง้ (ngae ngae)อ๊าก (ak), ว๊าก (wak), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)อู๊ย (ui), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)
Turkish ıngaaah, ahh, of, öf, üfciyak
Ukrainian ай (aj), йой (joj), ой (oj)
Urdu آہ (-ààh), ooauy
Uropi aw
Vietnamese oa oa, oe oea, á, ối, oáihíc
Yiddish אוי (oy)

Interrupted speech

LanguageHushingPausing or thinkingStuttering
Afrikaans sjoes, sjuuthakkel
Albanian shh, shëtëëë, ëmmgaga, gëgë
Arabic suh, hossيعني (y'ani)tahtaha
Armenian լուռ (loor), սուս (soos)ըը (uhh), ըհը (uhu)թօթօ (to-to)
Basque ixoba...ele-mele
Batak a-ak
Bengali থৎমৎ (thôtomôto)
Bulgarian шът (shut, sh't)ъъъ (aaa)
Catalan xxt, xst, pst, xit, xistai, 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:] or [ʔ] , hmmm, mmmbla bla
Danish ssh, sshy, schyy all pronounced [ʃː(ʷ)] , [dan 5] tys [tˢys] , [dan 6] hys [hys] [dan 7] øh
Dutch ssstehhakkel, stotter
English hush, shh, shushuh, um, er, erm,hmmm, mmm
Estonian kuss, tššee
Filipino tsutsasasasa
Finnish shh, hysöö, hmm
French chutheu, euh
German pst, pschtäh, ähmHawa, hawa, babababa
Greek σσσ (ssss), σσουτ (ssut), σιωπή (sjopí, “silence”)μα (ma), ε (eh)
Hebrew שְשש (shh)אהמ (ehm)גִּמְגּוּם (gimgum)
Hungarian pissz, psszthm, hmm, őő
Icelandic uss, suss
Indonesian sssthmmma ak
Italian shhmmm, ehm
Japanese シー (shh)うーん (ūn), エート (ēto)
Korean 쉿 (swit)어 (eo), 음 (eum), 그 (keu)어쩌고저쩌고 (eojjeogojeojjeogo), 이러쿵저러쿵 (ireokungjeoreokung)
Latvian kuš, šššmmm, hmm
Lithuanian ša, ššš
Malay shhhtaaa, ammha ha
Marathi शूऽऽ (ssshhhoo), चुप (chup)हम्ऽ (hmm)तत पप (tata papa)
Norwegian hysjø, øh
Persian hīshmmtete-pete
Polish ćśśś, sza, szszszeee, emmm, hmmm, yyyy-yh
Portuguese chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu [por 1] ããã, âââ, hmm [por 1]
Romanian sst, șșt, șșșăăăbâl-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, psssthmmmbla bla bla
Slovene pšt, psthm, em
Spanish chitón, chtmmm
Swedish schhöh
Tamil oosshhh
Thai จุ๊จุ๊ (chu chu), ชู่ (chuu)เอ่อ (oe), อืม (uem)ตะ ตะ ตะ (ta ta ta)
Turkish şişt, şişşııı, ee, hmmkekelemek
Ukrainian цить (tsyt)гик (hyk)
Uropi cit, ccc
Vietnamese suỵt, xuýthmm, hừmmlắp bắp

Expressions of positive emotions

LanguageLaughterKiss
Afrikaans ha hamwa
Albanian ha ha, hu hu, he hepuç, mpuç
Arabic hà hà [ara 1] mwa
Armenian քա քա (ka ka), չա չա (cha cha)
Asturian ḥa ḥa, ḥe ḥe
Basque kar karpa
Batak kakakummah
Bengali হাঃ হাঃhah hah, হীহীhee hee, হো হোho hoচুম্মchummo, চুম্মাchumma, সুম্মাsumma, উম্মাumma, উম্ম্বাummwa
Bosnian ha ha, he he, hi hicmok, pusa
Bulgarian хаха (haha), хехехе (hehe), хихи (hihi)цун (tsun), мляс (mlyas)
Catalan haha, hehe, hihi, hoho, clac clac, clec clecmuà, 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)啵 (boh, this word is a modern creation)[ citation needed ]
Croatian ha ha, he he, hi hicmok
Czech ha ha, cha cha [xaxa] , chi chi [xixi]
Danish ha ha, hi hi, hæ hæ, ho ho, ti himøs
Dutch haha, hihismak, mwah
English haha, heh-heh, hoho, (tee)heeheemwah, smooch, smack
Estonian haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihimopsti
Filipino haha, hehe, hihitsup, mwah
Finnish haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent), hä-hää, kieh-kieh (cunning)moiskis, muisk
French haha, héhé, hihi, hohomouah, smack
German haha, hihimuah, 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, höhöcupp
Icelandic haha, hehe, híhí (tittering or laughter)
Indonesian haha, hehe, wakaka, wkwkwkmuahhh, cupp
Italian ah ah, eh eh, ih ih, uh uhmuah
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 habuč
Lithuanian cha chapakšt
Macedonian цмок (tsmoc)
Malay kahkah, haha, kiki, bahahahmuah
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] ), ahahaम्म्वाँ ( [mːwã] )
Norwegian ha-ha, he-he, hi-hi, ho-hosmask
Persian hā-hā, he-he, qāh-qāhm, mp, māč-o-mūč
Polish haha, hihi, hehe, hoho, hyhycmok
Portuguese haha, kaka, huehua [por 1] splish splash, smac, chuac
Romanian ha-ha, hi-hismac, 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 hicmuk
Slovene haha, hihi, hehe, hoho, huhucmok
Somali k(h)a k(h)a
Spanish jaja, jeje, jiji, jojo, jujumua, muac, chuik (South America)
Swedish haha,hehe,hoho,hihi,höhö,håhåsmack
Tamil hihiumma
Telugu hahaumma
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 huêchụt

Animal sounds

Bird sounds

Domestic birds

LanguageChicken cluckingRooster crowingTurkey callingGoose callingDuck calling
Afrikaans kloek kloekkoekeloekoekwaak
Albanian kikirikigllugllukgak-gakmak-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-kakarakukurrukukarra-karrapar-par
Batak kotek-kotekkuak-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-clocquiquiriquic, cocorococglo-glo-gloc, glu-glucoac-coac, guac-guac, qüec-qüeccoac-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, kokodakkukuriku"glu-glu-glu"ga gakva kva
Czech kokodákkykirikíhudry hudryga gakáč káč
Danish kuk kuk, gok gokkykkelikyrap rap
Dutch tok tok tokkukelekugak gakkwak kwak, kwaak kwaak
English cluck cluck, bawk bawk, bok bok bok, bok bok b'gawk, buk erk cock a doodle doo gobble gobblehonk honkquack
Estonian kaa-kaa, kaak-kaakkikerikii, kukeleegukaak kaakprääk prääk, prääks prääks
Filipino po-koktik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kokong ongkwak kwak
Finnish kot kot, kot kot kot, kot-kot-kot kooot kot-kot-kot, pot pot potkukkokiekuu, kukkerikuu, kukkuruuruu, kukkuluuruuklu klu kluhonk honkkvaak kvaak, kvääk-kvääk-kvääk
French cot cot, cot cot cot, cot cot codetcocorico [fra 1] ca carcoin coin [fra 1]
Georgian ყიყლიყო (qiqliqo)
German gack gack gack, guaguaguakikeriki [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-kodácskukurikúgá gáháp háp
Icelandic gaggalagóbra bra
Indonesian petok-petokkukuruyukkwak kwakkwek kwek
Irish cuc-adiú-dil-úvác [1]
Italian coccodèchicchirichi [ita 1] glu gluqua 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 kākikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kōgā gā
Latin cocococo
Latvian kluk klukkikerigūgā gāpēk pēk
Lithuanian kud kudak, ko ko kokakarykū, kakariekūšuldu buldugar garkva kva
Macedonian кукурику (kukuriku)ква ква (kva kva)
Malayalam കൊക്കരക്കോ (kokarakkoo)
Marathi कुकूच-कू (kukooch-koo!)पक पक (pak pak) [mar 1]
Nepali kukhuri kaabraaaq caaq
Norwegian klukk klukkkykkelikykvakk kvakk
Persian qod-qod, qod-qod-qodā(s)qūqūli qū-qū(Northern) mak-mak
Polish ko ko ko, kod-kodaakkukurykugul gulgę gękwa kwa kwa, kwak kwak
Portuguese có có cócocorocó, cocoricó [por 1] quem quem /qüém qüém/, qua quaquá quá, quak quak
Romanian cotcodaccucuriguga gamac 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 kokodakkikiriki(godráti, kevdráti)ga gakva kvak
Spanish coc co co cocquiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó [Spa 1] glu, glu, glucua cua [Spa 1] cua cua [Spa 1]
Sundanese kongkorongok
Swedish kluck kluck, kackelkuckelikukvack kvack
Tamil kokkara-ko-kobaack baackkua kua
Telugu kokkaro-ko
Thai กุ๊ก ๆ (kuk kuk)เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก (ek-i-ek-ek)ก้าบ ๆ (kap kap)
Turkish gıt-gıt gıdaakü-ürü-üüü/yʔyryʔyː/gulu guluvak vakvak vak
Ukrainian кукуріку (koo-ku-ri-koo)ґа-ґа-ґа (ga-ga-ga)ках ках (kakh kakh)
Uropi kwa kwa
Vietnamese (cục ta) cục tácò ó o (oooooo)quạc quạc, cà kếucạp cạp

Wild birds

LanguageBird singingCrow callingOwl hooting
Afrikaans twiet twiethoe-hoe
Albanian ciu-ciukrra-krraku-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-txiokarra-karrahu-hu-hu
Batak
Bengali kichir michirকা কা (ka ka)huup huup
Bosnian čip čip
Bulgarian чик-чирик (chik-chirik)га га (ga ga)бууу (buuu)
Catalan piu-piu, xiu-xiuòc-òcxut
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 dživkra krahu hu
Czech píp píp, cvrlikikrá kráhůůů
Danish pip pip, kvit kvit, kvittevitkra kra
Dutch twiet twiet, tjierp, tjielp, tsjilpkra kraoehoe
English chirp chirp, tweet tweet, cheep cheep, peep peepcaw cawhoo hoo, twit twoo (AUS), toowit toowoo
Estonian siuts siuts, siit siit, tsirr tsirr, sirts sirts, siu siukraaks kraaksuhuu
Filipino twit twitwák wák
Finnish tsirp tsirp, tviit tviit, piip piip, ti-ti-tyy (great tit), kukkuu (common cuckoo)kraa kraa, kraaakhuhuu, huu-u huhuu-u, pu-pu-pu
French cui cui, piou piou [fra 1] crôa crôaouh ouh
German piep piep, tschiep [ger 1] krah krahhu 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 chehkaa kaa
Hungarian csip-csiripkár kárhú hú
Icelandic bíbí, tvít tvítkrúnk krúnkú ú
Indonesian cit-cit, cicitcuitkaa kaa, kak kakkuk-kuk
Italian cip cip, pio pio (chick) [ita 1] cra crahuu 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 čivkrāu-hū
Lithuanian čik čirik, čyru vyrukar 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 ćwierk, ćwir ćwir, ćwirk, czyr czyr, czyrk, fiu-fiu, kuku (cuckoo), ti ti ti, ti-riitkra kra, krakhu-huuu
Portuguese piu piucra crau-huu
Romanian cip cirip, piu piucra crahu-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 čivkra krahu hu
Spanish pío pío [Spa 1] cuaa cuaaa, uacc uacuh, uh
Swedish kvitter kvitterkra kra, krax kraxho-hoo
Tamil koo kookaa 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/dʒikdʒik/, cibili cibili, şak şakgaak gaakgu guk guuk
Ukrainian тьох-тьох (t'okh-t'okh), фіть-фіть (fit'-fit' )
Vietnamese chíp chípquạ quạ (quạ also means a crow)hu hú, "cu cu"

Mammal sounds

Cats and dogs

LanguageCat meowingDog barkingDog or wolf howling
Afrikaans miaauwoef
Albanian mjau-mjauham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uofhuu, 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 mauau-au, txau-txau (small dogs), zaunk-zaunk (big dogs)ulu-ulu
Batak ngeongkung-kungauuung
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, maubup-bup, bub-bubauu, 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 vauauuuuu
Czech mňau[mɲau]haf hafauuuuu
Danish mjau, mjav, miau, miavvuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf
Dutch miauw, mauwwaf 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, kurnjauauh auh
Filipino meyaw, miyaw, ngiyawaw aw
Finnish miau, mau, nau, kurnau, purnauhau hau, vuh vuhauuu, 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, myaaooभो भो (bho bho)
Hungarian miaú, nyauvau vau
Icelandic mjávoff voff
Indonesian meongguk gukauuu
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 ņauvau vau
Latvian mjau, ņauvau
Lithuanian miauau auaūūū
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 mjauvoff voff, vov vov
Persian میومیو (mioo mioo)واق واق (vāq vāq), هاف هاف (hāf-hāf)
Polish miau, miauk, mru (purr), mrrr (purr)hau hauałuuu, a-uuu
Portuguese miau [por 1] au au, ão ão, béu béu [por 1] auuu
Romanian miauham hamauuu
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 mňauhav-hav, hau-hau, haf-haf
Slovene mijavhov hovauuu
Spanish miau [ˈmjaw] [Spa 1] guau guau [Spa 1] auuu
Swedish mjau, mjao, jamvov vov, voff voff
Tamil மியா (miaow(m))லொள் லொள் (loll-loll), vovw-vovw, vazh vazh
Telugu miao(m)bau bau
Thai เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew)โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok)โบร๋ว์ (brow)
Turkish miyavhav havauuu
Ukrainian няв (niav)гав (hav)
Urdu meow [urd 1]
Uropi miawwaw waw
Vietnamese meogâu gâu, sủa sủa
Volapük miov
Welsh miaw

Equine sounds

LanguageHorse whinnyingHorse trottingHorse gallopingDonkey braying
Afrikaans runnikhie hô
Albanian iihihihitrro-trro, trrok-trrokia-ia, ioo-ioo
Arabic صهيل (saheel) [ara 3] deregin-dereginنهيق (naheeq) [ara 3]
Basque iiiiiitraka-trakaaja-ja
Bengali chi hnitag bagtag bag
Bulgarian тъгъдък тъгъдък (tagadak tagadak)и-аа и-аа (i-aa i-aa)
Catalan hiii, iiitoc-toc toc-toc [tɔk tɔk]to-co-toc to-co-toc [tɔkɔ:tɔk]i-aaa, ihà
Croatian njihaaklop klopi-a
Czech íí-haháíí-áá
Danish vrinskgadagung gadagung
Dutch niii, hiiikataklop kataklopie-aa
English neigh clip clopgallophee-haw
Estonian ii-ha-haakoppadi kopp
Finnish ii-ha-haa, hirnauklip-klopkopoti kopoti, koppoti koppotiihaa, hii-haa, hii-hoo
French hiii hiiipa-ta-clopcataclop cataclop, dougoudoum dougoudoumhi han
German wiehiehiei-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 nyihahaklop-klop-klopi-á
Icelandic hneggja
Indonesian yihaa
Italian hiii hiiiclop-clop-clop, cloppete clappeteih oh
Japanese ヒーン (hīn)ガラガラ (gara-gara)パカラッパカラッ (pakarap-pakara)
Kazakh мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau)арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau)ұұұ (üüü)
Korean 히잉 (hi-ing)다그닥 다그닥 (dag-dak dag-dak)
Latin hinni
Latvian ī-āklap klapdipada-dapada
Lithuanian yhaha, ygagataukšt-taukšttau tau ta-taukšti-haaa
Marathi tagdak-tagdak तग्डक-तग्डक
Norwegian vrinsk
Persian šīhe (شیهه)pūtikā pūtikāعرعر (ar-ar)
Polish iii-haaa, ihahakla kla, kla-klo kla-klo (actually /ˈǃˈǃʷˈǃˈǃʷ/, but with the mouth alternately opening and almost closing)patataj patataj (stressed on the last syllable)iii-haa, i-o
Portuguese hi hipocotó pocotóii-á, ii-ó
Romanian ni-ha-hatrop tropi-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, ihahaklop klopi-a
Spanish ji jitucutun tucutuni-o
Swedish gnägg
Tagalog hihihi haha
Thai ฮี้ ๆ (hii hii)กุบกับ กุบกับ (kupkap kupkap)
Turkish ih-hi-i-idıgı-dıg dıgı-dıgaa-ii
Vietnamese hí hí hínhong nhongcà lộc

Animals with cloven hoofs

LanguageCow mooingSheep bleatingGoat bleatingPig gruntingPig squealing
Afrikaans moemê
Albanian muubehehe, beebehehe, beehunk-hunk
Arabic moo, ngoahامباع (mbaa), مأة (maa' ) [ara 3] ثغاء [ara 11] قباع (qibaa) [ara 3]
Armenian մայ (may)
Basque mumeebeekurrin-kurrin
Bengali hambamyaa myaabyaa byaa/ ম্যা ম্যা(me me)ghnot ghnot
Bulgarian муу (muu)беее (beee)меее (meee)грух грух (gruh gruh)квич-квич (kvich-kvich)
Catalan mmm, muubèè, mèèbèè, mèèoinc-oinc, gronyc
Chinese, Cantonese 咩 (me1)
Chinese, Mandarin 哞 (mōu) [zho 16] 咩 (miē) [zho 17]
Croatian muubeemeerok rok
Czech bůůbéémeeechro chrokvík kvík
Danish muhmæhøf øf, [dan 8] grynt [dan 9]
Dutch boebèh, mèhknor knor
English moobaamaa, naaoink oink
Estonian ammuu, muu, möömää määröh röh röh
Finnish ammuu, muu, muuh, möömää, mähää, bäämä-ä-ä-ää, bä-ä-ä-ää, mä-kä-kääröh röh röh, nöf nöfskviik
French meuh, moubêêhgroin groin, grouik grouik [fra 1]
Georgian ვეეე (veee)ღრუტუ ღრუტუ (ghrutu ghrutu)
German muhmähgrunz 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, búbeemek mekröf röf, uí uí
Icelandic mumee
Indonesian moohmbee, mbekmbekgrok grok
Italian mubeeoink oink [ita 1]
Japanese モーモー (mō mō)メーメー (mē mē)メーメー (mē mē)ブヒブヒ (buhi buhi), 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 mūruk ruk, kvī kvī
Latin bee
Latvian mūbē, mēruk ruk, kvī kvī
Lithuanian mūbekvy kvy, kvykt kvykt, kriu kriu
Marathi हम्मा (hamma)बँ-बँ (baanh-baanh)
Norwegian møbæmænøff nøff
Persian māγbā-bā
Polish muuubeeemeeechrrr chrrr, chrum chrum, chrumk chrumkkwi kwi, kwik
Portuguese mu mumehbéeeronc ronc, oinc oinc
Romanian mumeee, beeegroh grohguiț guiț
Russian му (mu)бее-е (beh)мее-е (meh)хрю-хрю (hrju hrju)
Serbian му (mu)бее-е (beh)мее-е (meh)грок грок (grok grok)
Slovak múúbééméékroch-krochkvík-kvík
Slovene mubeme, mekekecvi
Spanish mubeeebeeeoinc oinc [Spa 1] cuí
Swedish mubänöff nöff, grymt grymt
Tagalog ungaangok ngok
Telugu అంబా (amba)mae
Thai มอ (mo)แบะ แบะ (bae bae)อู๊ด ๆ (uut uut), ครอก ๆ (khrok khrok)
Turkish mömee
Uropi mu, muhbee, behgrun grun
Vietnamese ụm bòbe bebe beụt ụt, ụt ịt, ỉn ỉn, ủn ỉneng éc
Welsh mŵmêsoch soch

Other mammals

LanguageElephant trumpetingLion/tiger roaringMonkey chatting
Albanian tyy, trryyarr, grri-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, iiiiiarrr, brahh, graahiii-hii, iiii-iii
Croatian u-u a-a
Czech u-u e-e
Dutch toetgrrroe-oe a-a
English toot, baraag, nrrrroar, grrr, rawr, roaroo-ooh a-aah, ook ook, eek eek
Finnish tööt, trööt, töttöröögrrr, murr, rrauh, räyhh, roaarhjuk juk juk, tsik tsik
French braahroarrr, grrrouah ah ah hein
German töröö
Hebrew אוּ־אוּ אַ־אָה (-u-u a-àh)
Hungarian tü-tümak-mak
Indonesian ngoahaumkak kak kak
Italian baaaroaru-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 trąb trąb, tru tru, trrrgrrr, wark, wrrrcha cha cha, chi chi chi, u-u, u-u a-a, u-u-u a-a-a
Portuguese urawru-u-u, u-u-ááá
Romanian grrrrr
Russian р-р-р (rrr)чи-чи-чи (chi-chi-chi)
Slovenian grr
Spanish biaaahgrrriih, iih
Swedish tuut
Tagalog awoohoo-hoo-aah
Thai แป๊น (paen), แปร๊น (praen)โฮก (hoak)จี๊ยก ๆ (chiak chiak)
Turkish ravru-u-a-a
Ukrainian fru-fru-fru, che-che
Vietnamese ré, rốnggoám, gầm, rốngkhẹc khẹc

Other animals

LanguageBee buzzingFrog croakingSnake hissing
Afrikaans zoemkwaaksis
Albanian bëzz, zhh, vzvzvzkrra-krrapss
Arabic طنين (taneen), دوي (dwii) [ara 3] نقيق (naqiq) [ara 3] فحيح (fahih) [ara 13]
Armenian,բզզ (bezuzz), բզզէ (bezuzze)
Basque brun-brunkro-krozi-zi
Batak ngung-ngung
Bengali gun gunমক মক (môk môk), কট কট (kôṭ kôṭ), ghangor ghangphnosh
Bulgarian,бззз (bzzz)ква ква (kva kva)ссс (sss)
Catalan bzzz, zum-zum, nyeeruac ruac, roac roac, rac racsss, 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, bzzzkre krehsss
Czech bzzzkvá kvásss
Danish sumkvæk 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) croakhiss, sss
Estonian summ-summ-summkrooks krooks
Finnish surr, surrur, bzzzkuak-kuak, kurr kurr, kroak, kvaakhssss
French bzzzcroa croasiff
Galician cro cro
German summgribbit, quaakzisch
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 tarrhiss
Hungarian zümmbrekeke, brekk, kutykurutty, kvákksssz
Indonesian nguingkrok krok
Italian bzzz, zummcra cra, cri cripisss
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, zummkvā kvā
Lithuanian kva kva
Macedonian кре кре (crè crè)
Marathi zzzडरांव-डरांव (darav-darav)फुस्स (phusss)
Norwegian sum sumkvekk kvekk, kvakk kvakk
Nepali bhun bhun, bhununu
Persian vez-vezqūr-qūrfūke, fūff
Polish bzyk, bzzz, zzzkum kum, rebet rebet, rech rech, rechu rechusss
Portuguese zum zum, bzzzcroac croacsss
Romanian bâzzzoac oacsss
Russian жжж (zhhh)ква ква (kva kva)шшш (shhh)
Serbian zum zum, bzzкре кре (kre kre)
Sinhalese බක බක baka baka
Slovene bzzzkvak kvak, rega kvak
Spanish zumcroac croacsss
Swedish surr surrkvack kvack, ko ack ack ack, kväkväs
Tagalog zzzkokak kokaksss
Telugu beka bekabuss
Thai หึ่ง ๆ (hueng hueng)อ๊บ ๆ (op op)ฟ่อ (fo)
Turkish vızzvrak vraktısss
Ukrainian ква-ква (kva kva), [uk 1] кум-кум (kum kum), [uk 2] квок-квок (kvok kvok) [uk 2]
Vietnamese ồm ộp, ộp ộp

Collisions, bursts, and strikes

Balloon or bubble bursting

Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

Crash

Door or floor creaking

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

Knocking

Strikes

LanguageDull strikeFalling strikeSharp strikeWet strike
Afrikaans doefplofklingel, kletterplons, plas, spat
Albanian pum, bam, llaupum, pëlltaf, përrtaftink, tingplluq, pëlltuq, pllaf
Arabic بلوف (blūf)
Bulgarian туп (toup), хлоп (khlop)пльос (plyos), шляп (shlyap)дзън (dzun)пльок (plyok)
Catalan cling, clang, cataclinc-cataclancxap, 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 tuppljas, tres, bum, tup [hr 1] zvek, zvecšljap
Czech žuchcinkplesk
Danish bump, dunkplask
Dutch plof, plopklink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingelplons
English knock, bump, rap, thud, boom, thumpplop, splat, thud, thunk, thonkclang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow, conksplash, splish, splosh, splat
Estonian lärts, plärts
Finnish töks, pöksis, poffummmp, tumps, tömpskilin kolinloiskis, mäts, pläts, läts, lätsis
French flocpaf, bim, bamplouf
German klopf, plumps, platschplumps, patsch, plumpklang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmelpatsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp
Hebrew זְבֶּנְג [heb 7] (zbang)
Hungarian puff, paffplatty, placcs
Indonesian bruk, gedebukjiebcrot, 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 bāmpdāmbjiringčolop-čolop, pešenge
Polish bam, łup, łubudu, łubudubudup, lu, łu, łubudu (longer, louder)chlap, chlup, mlask, plask, plum, plumk, plusk
Portuguese puf, pluft, pumploft, paft, catapluft, pimbatchibum [por 1]
Romanian bufpleosc, fleoșcjap, harsht, trosc
Russian бац (bats)хлоп (khlop), шлёп (shlyop)дзынь (dzyn’), звяк (zvyak), клац (klatz)бултых (bultykh), плюх (plyukh)
Slovene bum, pofšpljoc
Spanish tocplaf, paftintin, tilínsplash, plaf
Swedish dunk, dunsplask
Tagalog blag, bugplok
Tamil chatak
Thai ตึง (tueng), ตึ้ง (tueng)โครม (khrohm)ติ๊ง (ting), ปิ๊ง (ping)โพล๊ะ (plo), แผละ (plae)
Turkish pof, potpatçang, çingşap, şop
Uropi plac
Vietnamese bịchkeng, bengbẹp, phọp

Crunch, сracking (of sticks, bones etc.)

Machinery

Camera shutter

Car engine revving

Car horn honking

Clock ticking

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A sign in a shop window in Italy proclaims "No Tic Tac".

Doorbell ringing

Keyboard striking

Match striking

Telephone ringing

Siren wailing

Train whistling

Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing (buzzing)

Electric shock

Fire

Rain

Thunder

Steam hissing

Water dripping

White water

Wind blowing or waves flowing

Others

Jingling

Music

References

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Arabic words

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Chinese words

Croatian words

Danish words

English words

French words

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German words

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Greek words

  1. ↑ "Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek".
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Hebrew words

Italian words

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Japanese words

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  8. ↑ "おぎゃあ の意味とは - Yahoo!辞書". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  9. ↑ "きゃあ の意味とは - Yahoo!辞書". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
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Marathi words

Portuguese words

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Spanish words

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages". Living Language. 2013-03-08. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Ukrainian words

Urdu words

  1. ↑ "Derek Abbott's Animal Noise Page". Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
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