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:

Human sounds

Consuming food or drink

Language	Biting	Eating food	Drinking	Swallowing	Brushing teeth
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
Filipino		nam nam		lunók	tsuka tsuka
Finnish	rousk	nam nam, nami nami		klup
French	miam, crounche	miam miam	glouglouglou	gloups
German	mampf	mampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjam	schlürf, gluck	schluck
Gujarati			gudgud
Hebrew		אָממ אָממ (amm amm)		שלוּק (shluk)	צחצוח (tsikhtsúakh), שקשוק (shikshúk refers to "shaking teeth")
Hungarian	hamm	nyam-nyam, csám-csám	glu-glu, glugy-glugy		sika-sika
Icelandic	kjams	nammi namm	glúgg glúgg
Indonesian	krauk	nyam nyam	glek glek, gluk gluk	glek	sruk sruk
Italian	gnam	gnam gnam	glu glu	glu glu
Japanese	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
Tamil		கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching)
Thai	งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam)	ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam)	อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak)	อึก อึก (uek uek)
Turkish	hart, hurt	ham hum, nam nam	hüüp, lıkır lıkır	gulp	fıtı fıtı
Ukrainian	ам (am), ням (niam), хрум (khrum) (if crunchy), кусь (kus)	ням-ням (niam-niam), хрусь-хрусь (khrus-khrus) (if crunchy), хлам-хлам (khlam-khlam) (if hastily), хряп-хряп (khriap-khriap) (if hastily)	бульк-бульк (bulk-bulk), глип-глип (glyp-glyp), ґлаґ-ґлаґ (glug-glug)	ґольґ (golg)	шурх-шурх (shurkh-shurkh), шорх-шорх (shorkh-shorkh)
Vietnamese	ngoạm	măm măm, nhăm nhăm, nhồm nhoàm, chàm chạp	ực ực, ừng ực

Bodily functions and involuntary sounds

Language	Heart beating	Belching	Coughing	Flatulence	Sneezing	Snoring	Yawning
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
Filipino	dub dub dub dub, tibók tibók	ebb		purorót, utót	hatsíng, bahíng	kok-sss	hikab
Finnish	tu-tum, pu-pum	röyh	köh köh	prut, prööt	atshii, atshiu, atsiuh, ätshii, ätshiu, ätsiuh	krooh pyyh	haukotus^{[citation needed]}
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)	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		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
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

Cries of distress

Language	Baby crying	Scream	Shriek
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
Filipino	uwá	aráy, ay, arúy
Finnish	byääh, yää	au, ai, auts	iik, kääk
French	ouin ouin	aïe, ouille, ayoye (Quebec), ouch (Quebec), aw (Quebec), ouaille (Belgium)	hii
Galician		ai
German	wäh-wäh	au, aua, ah, autsch	uwah, waah, ieh
Greek	ουά-ουά (ouá-ouá) /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, 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
Thai	อุแว้ อุแว้ (uwae uwae), แง้ แง้ (ngae ngae)	อ๊าก (ak), ว๊าก (wak), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)	อู๊ย (ui), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)
Turkish	ıngaa	ah, ahh, of, öf, üf	ciyak
Ukrainian		ай (aj), йой (joj), ой (oj)
Urdu		آہ (-ààh), ooauy
Uropi		aw
Vietnamese	oa oa, oe oe	a, á, ối, oái	híc
Yiddish		אוי (oy)

Interrupted speech

Language	Hushing	Pausing or thinking	Stuttering
Afrikaans	sjoes, sjuut		hakkel
Albanian	shh, shët	ëëë, ëmm	gaga, gëgë
Arabic	suh, hoss	يعني (y'ani)	tahtaha
Armenian	լուռ (loor), սուս (soos)	ըը, ըհը (uhh, uhu)	թօթօ (to-to)
Basque	ixo	ba...	ele-mele
Batak			a-ak
Bengali			থৎমৎ (thôtomôto)
Bulgarian	шът (shut, sh't)	ъъъ (aaa)
Catalan	xxt, xst, pst, xit, xist	ai, au, ui, uix
Chinese, Cantonese	殊 (syu4)	嗯 (m6, m3)	甩甩咳咳 (lak1 lak1 kak1 kak1)
Chinese, Mandarin	噓 (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
Filipino	tsut		sasasasa
Finnish	shh, hys	öö
French	chut	heu, euh
German	pst, pscht	äh, ähm	Hawa, hawa, babababa
Greek	σσσ (ssss), σσουτ (ssut), σιωπή (sjopí, “silence”)	μα (ma), ε (eh)
Hebrew	שְשש (shh)	אהמ (ehm)	גִּמְגּוּם (gimgum)
Hungarian	pissz, psszt	hm, hmm, őő
Icelandic	uss, suss
Indonesian	ssst	hmmm	a ak
Italian	shh	mmm, ehm
Japanese	シー (shh)	うーん (ūn), エート (ēto)
Korean	쉿 (swit)	어 (eo), 음 (eum), 그 (keu)	어쩌고저쩌고 (eojjeogojeojjeogo), 이러쿵저러쿵 (ireokungjeoreokung)
Latvian	kuš, ššš	mmm, hmm
Lithuanian	ša, ššš
Malay	shhht	aaa, amm	ha ha
Marathi	शूऽऽ (ssshhhoo), चुप (chup)	हम्ऽ (hmm)	तत पप (tata papa)
Norwegian	hysj	ø, øh
Persian	hīs	hmm	tete-pete
Polish	ćśśś	hmmm, yyy, eee	y-yh
Portuguese	chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu^{[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
Slovene	pšt, pst	hm, em
Spanish	chitón, cht	mmm
Swedish	schh	öh
Tamil	oosshhh
Thai	จุ๊จุ๊ (chu chu), ชู่ (chuu)	เอ่อ (oe), อืม (uem)	ตะ ตะ ตะ (ta ta ta)
Turkish	şişt, şişş	ııı, ee, hmm	kekelemek
Ukrainian	цить (tsyt)		гик (hyk)
Uropi	cit, ccc
Vietnamese	suỵt, xuýt	hmm, hừmm	lắp bắp

Expressions of positive emotions

Language	Laughter	Kiss
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
Filipino	haha, hehe, hihi	tsup, mwah
Finnish	haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent)	muisk
French	haha, héhé, hihi, hoho	mouah, smack
German	haha, hihi	muah, schmatz
Greek	χαχα (haha), χεχε (hehe)	μα (ma), ματς (mats), μουτς (mouts)
Hebrew	חָה־חָה (xà xà)^{[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
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

Animal sounds

Bird sounds

Domestic birds

Language	Chicken clucking	Rooster crowing	Turkey calling	Goose calling	Duck calling
Afrikaans	kloek kloek	koekeloekoe			kwaak
Albanian		kikiriki	glluglluk	gak-gak	mak-mak
Arabic	قرقر (qur qur), بق بق بيق (baq baq baiq)^{[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
Filipino	po-kok	tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok		ong ong	kwak kwak
Finnish	kot kot	kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing)	klu klu klu		kvaak kvaak
French	cot cot, cot cot cot, cot cot codet	cocorico^{[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
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

Wild birds

Language	Bird singing	Crow calling	Owl hooting
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
Filipino	twit twit	wák wák
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
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"

Mammal sounds

Cats and dogs

Language	Cat meowing	Dog barking	Dog or wolf howling
Afrikaans	miaau	woef
Albanian	mjau-mjau	ham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uof	huu, auu
Arabic	مُواَء (muwà-) miao ( مياو ) ^{[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
Filipino	meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw	aw aw
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
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

Equine sounds

Language	Horse whinnying	Horse trotting	Horse galloping	Donkey braying
Afrikaans	runnik			hie hô
Albanian	iihihihi	trro-trro, trrok-trrok		ia-ia, ioo-ioo
Arabic	صهيل (saheel)^{[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)	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-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

Animals with cloven hoofs

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)	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	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

Other mammals

Language	Elephant trumpeting	Lion/tiger roaring	Monkey chatting
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)	จี๊ยก ๆ (chiak chiak)
Turkish		ravr	u-u-a-a
Ukrainian			fru-fru-fru, che-che
Vietnamese	ré, rống	goám, gầm, rống	khẹc khẹc

Other animals

Language	Bee buzzing	Frog croaking	Snake hissing
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

Collisions, bursts, and strikes

Balloon or bubble bursting

In Albanian, pau, puf
In Arabic, pakh, poof
In batak. tak
In Bemba, pobo
In Bengali, phat, phatash
In Bulgarian, puc пук, pa па
In Croatian, puk
In Czech, puf
In Danish, bang, knald
In Dutch, pang, pof, paf, poef
In English, pop, bang
In Estonian, pops
In Finnish, poks
In French, bang, pop
In German, baeng, plop
In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
In Hindi, thaa, phatt
In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
In Indonesian, dor
In Italian, bum
In Japanese, pan パンッ
In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong 펑
In Latvian, bliukš
In Lithuanian, pokšt
In Macedonian, pau пау
In Marathi, Dhum ढुम्
In Navajo, dǫǫn (nasalized o)
In Persian, poloq
In Polish, bum, pyk
In Portuguese, pá, bum
In Romanian, poc
In Russian, bakh бах
In Serbian, puk
In Slovene, pok
In Spanish, pop
In Swedish, poff
In Tagalog, putók, pak
In Thai, โป๊ะ (po), ปั้ง (pang)
In Turkish, bom
In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp

Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

In Afrikaans, kaboem; boem; ra-tat-tat
In Albanian, pum-pum; bau-bau, ta-ta-ta-ta, du-du-du-du
In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ^{[ara 1]}
In Basque, bunba; danba; ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
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 ^{[citation needed]}
In Croatian, bum, pam, puf, ratatata
In Czech, bum, prásk, ratatata
In Danish, bang, bum
In Dutch, boem, biem; pang, pauw; ratatata, trrrr
In English, bam, boom, blam, kaboom; bang, pow; rat-at-at-at-at-at, gat-gat-gat-gat, skkrrt skkrrt, dakka-dakka
In Estonian, põmm, kõmm; pauh, karpauh
In Finnish, pum; pam; ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, rä-tä-tä-tä-tä-tä
In French, boum; pan
In German, bumm, rumms, kawumm; peng, puff, päng; rat-tat-tat-tat
In Greek, cabum, bum μπουμ, bam μπαμ; bam, pan, piu-piu (mainly by children); trrrrrr
In Hebrew, bum בּוּם
In Hindi, thaa
In Hungarian bumm, dörr; ratata, trrrrr
In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
In Indonesian, dor,
In Italian, bum; bang; pum
In Japanese, 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 빵, tang 탕
In Latvian, bum
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum, pokšt
In Persian, bang
In Macedonian, bum бум; pau пау; ra ta ta ta ра та та та
In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ढिश्क्यँव, dhishum धिशुम
In Polish, bum-bum; bang-bang, pif-paf and others; tra ta ta ta ta
In Portuguese, bam, boom, cabum; pá,pum; ratátátá
In Romanian, bum; poc
In Russian, ba-bakh ба-бах; pif-paf пиф-паф; tra-ta-ta тра-та-та
In Sinhalese, ḍisum ඩිසුම්; ḍung ඩුං; ḍaka-ḍaka-ḍaka ඩක-ඩක-ඩක
In Slovene, ratatata, pok
In Spanish, pum; bang; praca
In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
In Tamil, dishum; dumeel
In Telugu, dishyoom
In Thai, ตูม (tuum, cannon firing); ปัง (pang, gunshot)
In Turkish, bom, bam, güm, dıkşınyaa (by kids)
In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
In Vietnamese, đoàng (louder); pằng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)

Crash

In Albanian, pum, bau, përrtaf,
In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh^{[ara 1]}
In Basque: danba, pun, plaust
In Bengali: ṭhash ঠাস, ṭhush ঠুস, dhum ধুম, dham ধাম, daram, dhapash
In Bulgarian, bum бум, dum дум, trjas тряс, pras прас
In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
In Chinese, Mandarin, hong 轰^{[citation needed]}
In Croatian, bum, tres, krašš
In Czech, řach, bum, prásk
In Danish, bum, bump, bang, krasj
In Dutch, boem, knal, plof, bam
In English, boom, bam, wham, slam, bang, crash, clash, pow, thonk, thunk, thud, clang
In Estonian, prõmm, pauh, piraki, karpauh
In Finnish, pam, pum, ryskis, kolin, räiskis
In French, bing, bang, boum, bam, vlan
In German, rumms, bumms, bauz, krach, knall
In Gilbertese, beeku
In Greek, bam μπαμ, gcup
In Haitian Creole, bip
In Hebrew, bum בּוּם, trax טְרַאח^{[heb 5]}
In Hindi, dhishumm धिशुम्म, dhishum धिशुम
In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk
In Indonesian, buk, brekk, j'derr
In Italian, bum, badabeu, patatraf
In Japanese, ガーン (gān)
In Korean, kung 쿵
In Kyrgyz, тарс
In Latin, tuxtax
In Latvian, bum
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
In Macedonian, bum бум, pam пам, pum пум, dum дум, très трес
In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk, beng
In Marathi, dhadaam धडाम्
In Polish, bum, trach
In Portuguese, crash, boom
In Romanian, bum, buf, pac, poc, trosc, zbang
In Russian, bum бум
In Sinhalese, daḍas දඩස්
in Slovene, bum, tresk
In Spanish, bum, catapum, crash
In Swedish, krasch
In Tagalog, ka-boom
In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum
In Thai, โครม (khrom)
In Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam
In Vietnamese, ầm, rầm

Door or floor creaking

In Albanian, grr
In Afrikaans, kraak
In Bulgarian, skratz скръц
In Arabic, azeeez أزيـــز
In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec
In Croatian, škrip
In Czech, vrrzzz, skřííííp
In Danish, knirk
In Dutch, kraak
In English, creak
In Estonian, kriiks, kriuks
In Finnish, kriik, narsk
In French, crac
In German, knarz
In Hindi, charrr
In Hungarian, nyííí
In Indonesian, krieeet
In Italian, criiic, craaac
In Japanese, gī ギー
In Kazakh, shiiq шииқ
In Korean, ppi-geok 삐걱
In Kyrgyz, кыйч
In Latvian, čīk
In Malay, eeek (keriang-keriut)
In Polish, skrzyp
In Persian, γež-γež غژ غژ
In Romanian, scârț
In Russian, skreep скрип
In Spanish, ñyeec, ñyiic
In Swedish, knarr
In Tagalog, ekk
In Thai, แอ๊ด (aet)
In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt
In Uropi, krak
In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, kẽo kẹt

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

In Albanian, përr-përr-përr, dum-dum-dum
In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput
In Italian, rrra-tatatatata...
In Malay, prreng prreng
In Polish, pyr pyr pyr
In Romanian, pâr pâr
In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr дыр-дыр-дыр
In Spanish, tac tac tac

Knocking

In Albanian, tak-tak, tok-tok, trok-trok
In Arabic, daqqa دَقَّ
In Afrikaans, klop
In Batak, tok-tok-tok
In Bengali, khat khat, takatak, thok thok
In Bosnian, kuc kuc
In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
In Catalan, toc toc
In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当^{[citation needed]}
In Croatian, kuc kuc
In Czech, ťuk ťuk
In Danish, bank bank
In Dutch, klop klop
In English, knock knock, bang bang bang
In Finnish, kop kop
In Estonian, kopp kopp
In French, toc toc
In German, klopf klopf
In Greek, τοκ τοκ
In Hebrew, tuq tuq תּוּק־תּוּק^{[heb 6]}
In Hindi, thakk thakk
In Hungarian, kop kop, kip 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 Malay, tok tok tok (ketuk)
In Marathi, thak-thak ठक्-ठक्
In Persian, taq-taq
In Polish, puk-puk
In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz
In Romanian, cioc-cioc
In Russian, tuk-tuk тук-тук
In Slovenian, tok tok
In Spanish, toc toc, tun tun
In Swedish, knack knack
In Tagalog, tok tok tok
In Thai, ก๊อก ๆ ๆ (kok kok kok)
In Turkish, tak tak
In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc
In Zulu, nqo nqo nqo

Strikes

Language	Dull strike	Falling strike	Sharp strike	Wet strike
Afrikaans	doef	plof	klingel, kletter	plons, plas, spat
Albanian	pum, bam, llau	pum, pëlltaf, përrtaf	tink, ting	plluq, pëlltuq, pllaf
Arabic				بلوف (blūf)
Bulgarian	туп (toup), хлоп (khlop)	пльос (plyos), шляп (shlyap)	дзън (dzun)	пльок (plyok)
Catalan			cling, clang, cataclinc-cataclanc	xap, xof, patatxap
Chinese, Cantonese			乒鈴嘭唥 (bìhng līng baang làahng)
Chinese, Mandarin			哐啷,^{[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)
Slovene	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

Crunch, сracking (of sticks, bones etc.)

In Croatian, krc ^{[hr 1]}
In Czech, křup
In English, crunch, crash, crack^[2]
In Finnish, kräks, krunts, naps
In Hindi, kadhak
In Russian, khryas хрясь,^[2] khrust хрусть
In Slovenian, škrt (škrtati)
In Turkish, çatır
In Vietnamese, rắc

Machinery

Camera shutter

In Albanian, klik
In Afrikaans, klik
In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك
In Basque, klisk
In Batak, ceklek
In Bulgarian, щрак (shtrak)
In Catalan, cx, xic, txc or txic
In Chinese, Mandarin, kā chā咔嚓
In Croatian, klik
In Czech, cvak
In Danish, klik
In Dutch, klik
In English, click
In Estonian, klõps, plõks
In Finnish, klik
In French, clic
In German, klick
In Hebrew, chik צִ'יק
In Hungarian, klikk
In Italian, clic
In Indonesian, cepret, cekrek
In Japanese, pasha パシャ
In Korean, chalkak 찰칵
In Kyrgyz, чырк
In Latvian, klik klik
In Malay, cekek cekek
In Nepali, [kʰit͡sikːʌ] खिचिक्क
In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
In Portuguese, clic clic
In Romanian, clic
In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик
In Slovenian, klik
In Spanish, clic
In Swedish, klick
In Tagalog, klik
In Thai, แชะ (chae)
In Turkish, klik, şlak
In Uropi, klik
In Vietnamese, lách cách

Car engine revving

In Albanian, vum-vum-vum, përr-përr-përr
In Afrikaans, wroem, broem
In Arabic, hunn hunn هن هــن, aan aan آن آن
In Batak, ngong, ngooongngng
In Bulgarian, bram-bram бръм-бръм
In Catalan, rum, rumm
In Croatian, brum brum, vrum vrum
In Czech, brmmm brmmm
In Danish, vrum vrum, brum brum, nøn nøn
In Dutch, broem, vroem
In English, vroom vroom, broom broom
In Estonian, põrr põrr
In Finnish, vruum vruum, bruum bruum, prööm prööm (spoken)
In French, vroum vroum
In German, brumm brumm, wrumm wrumm
In Hebrew, aan aan אָאן אָאן
In Hungarian, brum brumm
In Indonesian, bremmm bremmm, ngeng ngeng
In Italian, brum brum, vrum vrum
In Japanese, buroro ブロロ
In Korean, bureung bureung 부릉부릉
In Malay, ngeng ngeng, brum brum, vrum vrum, preng preng, ngii ngii
In Polish, brummm brummmm
In Portuguese, vruum vruum
In Romanian, vrum vrum
In Russian, rrr ppp ru ru ру ру rum rum рум рум
In Slovenian, brum brum
In Spanish, rue fun
In Swedish, brum
In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy
In Thai, บรื๊น ๆ (bruen bruen)
In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), vrın vrın (car)
In Vietnamese, bờ rừm

Car horn honking

In Albanian, po-po, ty-ty
In Afrikaans, toet
In Arabic, beeb beep, طيط-طيط ṭiṭ-ṭiṭ
In Batak, tot, tooot
In Bulgarian, bi-biip би-биип
In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
In Chinese, Mandarin, di di 嘀嘀 or 滴滴
In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip
In Czech, tů tů
In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt
In Dutch, toet toet
In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot
In Estonian, tuut tuut, piip piip
In Finnish, tööt tööt
In French, tut-tut
In German, tut
In Greek, bip bip, μπιπ μπιπ
In Hebrew, bip bip בִּיפּ־בִּיפּ
In Hungarian, tü-tű, tü-tűt
In Icelandic. bíb bíb
In Indonesian, din din
In Italian, bip bip, biii biii
In Japanese, pu pū ププー
In Korean, ppang ppang 빵빵
In Latvian, pī pī
In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
In Malay, pon pon, pot pot, ,pet pet, pin pin (toy car)
In Marathi, paa-paa पँ-पँ
In Norwegian, bært bært
In Polish, bib-biiib
In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon^{[por 1]}
In Romanian, tiiit! ti-ti!
In Russian, bi-bi би-би, bi-bip би-бип
In Slovenian, bi bip
In Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
In Swedish, tut tut
In Tagalog, bip bip
In Telugu, poy ppoy
In Thai, ปี๊น ๆ (pin pin)
In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
In Uropi, tut
In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim

Clock ticking

In Albanian, tik-tak
In Afrikaans, tik-tok
In Basque, tiki-taka
In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak
In Bengali, tik tik
In Bulgarian, tic tac тик так
In Catalan, tic-tac
In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dā 嘀嗒^{[zho 20]}
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^{[heb 8]}
In Hindi, tic tic
In Hungarian, tik tak
In Icelandic, tik tak
In Indonesian, tik tok
In Italian, tic toc, 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 Malay, tik tok
In Marathi, tik-tik टिक-टिक
In Nepali, clit caqq
In Norwegian tikk takk
In Polish, tik tak
In Portuguese, tique-taque,^{[por 1]} tic toc
In Romanian, tic tac
In Russian, tic-tac тик-так
In Slovene, tik tak
In Spanish, tic tac
In Swedish, tick tack
In Tagalog, tik tak tik tak
In Tamil, tik tik
In Thai, ติ๊กต็อก (tiktok)
In Turkish, tik tak
In Vietnamese, tích tắc
In Volapük, tiktö

Doorbell ringing

In Albanian, tring-tring, ding-dong
In Afrikaans, trieng
In Basque, dilin-dalan
In Catalan, ding-dong, ring-ring, meec...
In Croatian, din don
In Danish, ding ding, ring ring
In Dutch, tring tring
In English, ding-dong, bing-bong
In Finnish, pim pom
In French, ding-dong
In German, klingeling
In Hungarian, csing-ling
In Indonesian, ting-tong
In Italian, din don, drin drin
In Japanese, ピンポーン (pinpōn)
In Malay, ding dong, ting tong
In Marathi, ting-tong टिंग-टौंग
In Polish, dzyń-dzyń
In Portuguese, ding dong^{[por 1]}
In Romanian, țâr țâr
In Russian, din-don дин-дон
In Slovenian, din don
In Spanish, ding dong
In Swedish, ding dong, pling plong
In Turkish, zır, ding, ding dong
In Tagalog, ding dong
In Thai, ติ๊งต่อง (ting tong), ติ๊งหน่อง (ting nong),
In Italian, din don

Keyboard striking

In Albanian, tok-tok-tok, tëk-tëk-tëk
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
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^{[heb 9]}
In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
In Japanese, kata kata カタカタ
In Latvian, klikš, klab klab
In Malay, tek tek tek tek
In Polish, klik klik
In Russian, klatz-klatz клац-клац
In Spanish, tac tac tac
In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick
In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
In Thai, ก้อกแก้ก (kokkaek)
In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır
In Vietnamese, lạch cạch

Match striking

In Albanian, frrap
In Bengali, phash
In English, fwoosh
In Russian, chirk чирк

Telephone ringing

In Albanian, tring-tring
In Afrikaans, trieng trieng
In Arabic, terren terren تــرن تــرن
In Basque, tirrin-tirrin
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
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 Malay, kring kring, trut trut (berdering)
In Polish, dryń dryń
In Portuguese, trimm
In Romanian, ţâr-ţâr
In Russian, dzyn’-dzyn’ дзынь-дзынь
In Slovenian, drin drin
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 Albanian, iu-iu-iu, auo-auo
In Afrikaans, pie-pô
In Arabic, wee-wee^{[ara 2]}
In Bengali, pay puu
In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na, ninu ninu
In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu нии-ну-нии-ну
In Catalan, ninu ni, ni no ni no
In Croatian, ninu ninu, tinu ninu, viju viju, fiju fiju,^{[hr 1]} tiru liru
In Danish, ba bu
In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
In English, Nee naw, wee-woo, waow-waow (police), awooga (klaxon),
In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
In Filipino, wang wang wang
In Finnish, Pii paa, Viiuu viiuu viiuu
In French, Pin Pon
In German, Tatütata
In Greek, eeuu eeuu ηου-ηου
In Hungarian, nínó, nénó
In Indonesian, ninu ninu
In Italian, nino nino, ta tu-ta tu
In Japanese, ピーポーピーポー (pīpō pīpō)
In Korean, ppippo ppippo 삐뽀 삐뽀
In Latvian, ī-ū
In Macedonian, piu uiu пиу уиу
In Malay, nino nino, iyo iyo
In Minions, mi naw mi naw
In Norwegian, Bæ bu bæ bu
In Polish, ioioioio
In Portuguese, uooooo /uóóóóó/, uiu uiu uiu, tinóni
In Romanian, ni no ni no
In Russian, wiu-wiu виу-виу or уиу-уиу
In Slovene, uiuiui
In Spanish Wiu Wiu, nino-nino
In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
In Thai, ปี๊ป่อ ปี๊ป่อ (pipo pipo), วี้หว่อ วี้หว่อ (wiwo wiwo)
In Turkish, Daa dii
In Vietnamese, ò e í e

Train whistling

In Albanian, ty-tyy
In Afrikaans, toe-toe
In Arabic, toot-toot
In Bengali, poo
In Bulgarian, ту-тууу (tu-tuuu)
In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut
In Chinese, Cantonese, 嗚嗚
In Croatian, ču ču
In Czech, hůůů
In Danish, fut fut
In Dutch, tuutuut
In English, choo choo, woo woo
In Estonian, tuut tuut
In Finnish, tuut tuut
In French, tchou tchou
In German, lah nah, spä nö
In Hebrew, tu-tu טוּ־טוּ
In Hindi, tree paa tee
In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
In Indonesian, tuuut tuuut
In Italian, tu tuu, ciuf ciuf
In Japanese, shuppo shuppo 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 ^{[por 2]}
In Romanian, u! uuu!
In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу, roo nee pоу-ни ^{[citation needed]}
In Slovenian, ču ču
In Spanish, chu chu
In Swedish, tuut-tuut
In Tagalog, hup
In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
In Thai, ปู๊น ปู๊น (pun pun)
In Turkish, düt düüt

Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing (buzzing)

In Albanian, bëzz
In Afrikaans, zoei
In English, bzzz buzz
In Hebrew, bzzz בְּזזז, tzzz טְזְזז
In Japanese, biri biri ビリビリ
In Korean, jjirit jjirit 찌릿찌릿
In Latvian, bzz, zumm
In Polish, bzzzz...
In Romanian, bâz bzzz
In Spanish, bzzz
In Swedish, bzzz
In Thai, tued ตืด

Electric shock

In Albanian, zëp, xëp
In Catalan, pssst.
In Croatian, bzzzt
In English, zap
In Filipino, tssst
In Finnish, tsäp
In French, zap
In German, zapp
In Japanese, biri ビリッ, bachi バチッ
In Polish, bzzt
In Turkish, bızt

Fire

In Albanian, vu-vu-vu
In Afrikaans, knetter
In Basque, su-su
In Dutch, knetter
In English, crackle crackle
In German, knister knister
In Hungarian, rip-rop
In Japanese, Pachi pachi パチパチ
In Korean, 타닥 tadaak
In Polish, trzask
In Slovene, prsk (prasketati, prsket)
In Swedish, knaster knaster
In Thai, พรึ่บ (prueb), พรึ่บ พรั่บ (prueb prub)

Rain

In English, pitter-patter
In French, plic ploc
In Hebrew, teef taf
In Hungarian, csipp csepp
In Japanese, shito shito しとしと
In Mandarin, xī lì huālā 淅瀝哗啦
In Russian, kap-kap кап-кап
In Turkish, şakır şakır

Thunder

In Albanian, bau, pëtau, përtau
In Basque, burrun
In Batak, huist
In English, crack, kaboom
In German, zack
In Hebrew, בְּרָק b'raq
In Korean, beonjjeok 번쩍
In Marathi, kadaad कडाड
In Nepali, [ɡʌɽjaŋɡuɽuŋ] गड्याङ-गुडुङ
In Portuguese, Kabum, buum, boom
In Slovenian, bum tresk
In Spanish, brum
In Swedish, kabrak
In Thai, เปรี้ยง (priang)

Steam hissing

In Afrikaans, sis
In Albanian, kshhh
In Arabic, fssss^{[ara 1]}
In Batak, ssssss
In Croatian, pššššš
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 Spanish, psss
In Swedish, pssst
In Tagalog, sssss
In Thai, ฟู่ (fuu)

Thunder

In Albanian, bubu, bubububum
In Batak, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
In Bengali, kar kar, gur gur
In Catalan, brrum
In English, roll, rumble, boom
In Finnish, jyrin, jylin
In German, groll, grummel
In Hungarian, dörr
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 Tagalog, boom
In Thai, ครืน ครืน (kruen kruen)

Water dripping

In Albanian, pik-pik, pim-pim
In Afrikaans, drip
In Arabic, tik tik or tok tok^{[ara 1]}
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^{[zho 21]}
In Catalan, plip plip, tip-tip-tip
In Croatian, kap kap
In Czech, kap
In Danish, dryp dryp (dryppe is the verbal), plop plop
In Dutch, drup drup, drip, drop
In English, drip drop, plink plonk
In Estonian, tilks tilks
In Finnish, tip tip, plip plop
In French, plic plic/ploc
In German, plitsch, platsch, tropf
In Greek, plits plits πλιτς πλιτς, splats splats σπλατς σπλατς
In Hebrew, tif taf טִיף־טַף
In Hindi, tipak, tipak
In Hungarian, csöp-csöp, csip-csöp (csöpp or csepp is also the word for "drop")
In Indonesian, tik tik
In Italian, plin plin, plop plop
In Japanese, 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 Albanian, kshh, fëshh
In Bengali, ভোঁ bhõ, শন শন shôn shôn, ঝির ঝির jhir jhir
In Basque, firu-firu
In Bulgarian, fiiuu фииуу
In Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu
In Croatian, fiju
In Czech, fíííí
In Dutch, woesh, woesj
In English, whoo, whoosh, swish, rustle, whine, whizz, whistle, wheeze, howl, zoom, sigh
In Finnish, viuuh
In French, frou-frou, vromb, murmur, hurl
In German, huiiih, wutsch, saus, rausch, wein, schwirr, heul, zoom, surr, seufz
In Greek, fru fru φρού φρού, sfýrigh σφύριγ, url ούρλ, sýrigh σύριγ, thýr θυρ
In Hindi, sarr sarr, saayein saayein
In Hungarian, hiss-huss, huss
In Italian, fiuu, fisch, mormor, url, sussurr
In Japanese, byuu byuu, pyuu pyuu, zawa zawa, soyo soyo
In Korean, wing-wing 윙윙
In Lithuanian, ššš
In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu фуууу фуууу
In Persian, moj, موج
In Polish, szszszsz, huuuuuu
In Portuguese, Vuuuush
In Romanian, vâj
In Russian, uu-u уу-у
In Spanish, fuuuu fuuuu, fgrrrr frgrrrr, aul, zumb, susurr
In Swedish, svisch
In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
In Telugu, shhhhhhh
In Thai, วิ้ว วิ้ว (wio wio), ฟิ้ว ฟิ้ว (fio fio)
In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling)

Others

Jingling

In Albanian, tring-tring, dring-dring
In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
In Arabic, خشخش (khashkhash)^{[ara 14]}
In Armenian, zar zank զար զանկ
In Basque, tilin-tilin, tilin-talan
In Batak, giring, giring
In Bengali, rini-jhini
In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш, ding-dong динг-донг
In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹 (吊 means "hang")
In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃,^{[zho 22]} dīng dāng 叮当 ^{[zho 23]}
In Croatian, ding dong
In Czech, cinky-cink
In Dutch, tingeling
In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, jingle jangle
In Estonian, kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
In Finnish, kilin, helin
In French, ding-dong
In German, klingeling
In Greek, ντινγκ ντανγκ (ding dang)
In Hebrew, ding-dong דִינְג־דוֹנְג^{[heb 10]}
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 Malay, ding dong, kring kring
In Polish, dzyń-dzyń
In Romanian, ding-dong
In Russian, din'-don динь-дон dzìnj-dzìnj дзынь-дзынь
In Spanish, ding ding
In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
In Tagalog, klang klang
In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
In Thai, เคร้ง (kreng), กรุ๊งกริ๊ง (krung kring)
In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur

Music

In Mandarin Chinese, dōng dōng qiāng 咚咚锵

References

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Arabic words

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Chinese words

^ "怦怦" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "阿嚏" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "呼噜" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "哇哇" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "嘘" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "哈哈" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "呵呵" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "嘻嘻" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages". Living Language. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ "嘎嘎" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ ^a ^b "呱呱" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "叽叽喳喳" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "哑哑" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "喵" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "汪汪" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "哞" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "咩" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "嗡嗡" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "哐啷" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "嘀嗒" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "滴答" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "叮铃" in Han Dian online dictionary
^ "叮当" in Han Dian online dictionary

Croatian words

^ ^a ^b ^c University of Zagreb, Faculty of humanities and social sciences, Department of East Slavic languages and literatures, Chair of Russian language, Master Thesis, PROBLEMS IN THE TRANSLATION OF RUSSIAN COMICS (Ivana Ivančić), 2015

Danish words

^ "haps". Den Danske Ordbog. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ bøvs
^ ræb
^ vræl
^ "SSH — den Danske Ordbog".
^ "Tys — den Danske Ordbog".
^ "Hys — den Danske Ordbog".
^ øf - den Danske Ordbog
^ "Grynt — den Danske Ordbog".
^ kvæk - den Danske Ordbog

English words

^ "wah-wah" from the Oxford English Dictionary

French words

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages". Living Language. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

German words

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages". Living Language. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

Greek words

^ "Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek".
^ Aristophanes, son of Philippus (1920). Acharnians. New York: Liveright. p. 780.

Hebrew words

^ "אַפְּצִ'י" in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Ouch" in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ "חָה חָה חָה" Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Animals sounds in Hebrew, HaSafa-HaIvrit (The Hebrew Language) web site (in Hebrew)
^ "Bang" in Babylon dictionary
^ "תּוּק תּוּק"^{[permanent dead link]} in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ "זְבֶּנְג" Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ "תִּיק־תַּק"^{[permanent dead link]} in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ "קְלִיק"^{[permanent dead link]} in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ "דִינְג־דוֹנְג"^{[permanent dead link]} in Morfix online dictionary Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine

Italian words

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages". Living Language. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

Japanese words

^ むしゃ‐むしゃ. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ もぐ‐もぐ. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ ぱく‐ぱく. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ ごくっ‐と. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ "どき‐どきの意味とは - Yahoo!辞書". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ "はくしょんの意味とは - Yahoo!辞書". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ "ぐう‐ぐうの意味とは - Yahoo!辞書". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ "おぎゃあの意味とは - Yahoo!辞書". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ "きゃあの意味とは - Yahoo!辞書". Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages". Living Language. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

Marathi words

^ "प्राण्यांचे_आवाज^[mr]" from the Marathi Wikipedia

Portuguese words

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Marcello, Dulce (October 24, 2016). "How To Say Ouch, Atchoo, and Meow in Portuguese". Living Language. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ Trem da alegria^[pt]^{[circular reference]}

Spanish words

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Nyaa or miao? Animal sounds across languages". Living Language. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

Ukrainian words

^ "КВА" in «Словник української мови»
^ ^a ^b "КУМ" in «Словник української мови»

Urdu words

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

External links

Written Sound, an online onomatopoeia dictionary
Cross-linguistics onomatopoeia at WikIdioms (Archived)
Derek Abbott's, Animal Noises
Portal for the Greek language and language education, onomatopoeic words in Modern Greek
Onomatopoeia - words for rain that sound like rain

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