Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

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

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Human sounds

Baby crying

In Afrikaans, Wê
In Albanian, ua-ua
In Arabic, waa'-waa'
In Batak, nguek nguek
In Bengali: ওয়া ওয়া oaa oaa
In Bulgarian, уааааа - уааааа (uaaaa - uaaaa)
In Catalan, anguèè
In Chinese, Mandarin, wā wā 哇哇^{[zho 1]}
In Czech, bé bé [bɛː]
In English, wah-wah^{[eng 1]}
In Estonian, ää-ää
In Filipino, uwá
In Finnish, byääh, yää
In French, Ouin! Ouin!
In German, wäh-wäh
In Greek, ουά-ουά^{[gre 1]} (/uaua/)
In Hungarian, oá oá
In Indonesian, owe-owe
In Italian, uè-uè
In Japanese, ogyaa おぎゃあ ^{[jpn 1]}
In Kazakh, іңгә-іңгә
In Korean, eung'ae-eung'ae 응애-응애
In Kyrgyz, ыңаа-ыңаа
In Marathi, waan waan वँ वँ
In Persian, vang-vang
In Kurdish, iŋa-iŋa
In Polish, łee
In Portuguese, buá buá
In Romanian, oa-oa, ue-ue
In Russian, ua-ua уа-уа
In Spanish, buá buá
In Sinhalese, oha oha
In Swedish, uää-uää
In Thai, uwae uwae อุแว้ อุแว้, ngae ngae แง้ แง้
In Turkish, ıngaa
In Vietnamese, oa oa, oe oe

Bite

In Afrikaans, nom, gomf
In Arabic, hum-hum
In Basque, kosk, hozk
In Bulgarian, хрус (hrus), мляс (mlias)
In Croatian, gric
In Czech, chřup [xr̝up], chroup [xroup]
In English, chomp, munch, nom (more recent)
In Estonian, amps
In Finnish, rousk
In French, miam
In German, mampf
In Hungarian, nyam-nyam
In Indonesian, krauk
In Italian gnam
In Japanese, musha-musha むしゃむしゃ ^{[jpn 2]}
In Korean, wajak-wajak 와작와작
In Marathi, krum-krum कुर्रुम-कुर्रुम
In Polish, chrum, chrup, hap
In Portuguese, nhac, nhoc
In Romanian, hap!, haț!
In Russian, khrum хрум
In Serbian, gric[grits]
In Slovak, chrum
In Spanish, ñam
In Swedish, nam-nam
In Thai, งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam)
In Turkish, hart, hurt
In Vietnamese, ngoạm

Burp

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

Fart

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

Food being eaten

In Arabic, humm
In Batak, nyaum nyaum
In Basque, mauka mauka
In Bengali: গব গব gob gob গবা গব goba gob সপা সপ sopa sop
In Bulgarian, am am ам ам
In Catalan, nyam nyam
In Croatian, njam njam
In Czech, ham, ňam ňam [ɲam], mňam mňam [mɲam]
In Danish, nam nam, mam mam
In Dutch, jam jam
In English yum yum, om nom nom, slurp slurp
In Estonian, näm näm, nämm nämm
In Finnish, nam nam, nami nami
In French, miam miam
In German, mampf mampf, hamm hamm
In Hebrew, amm amm אָממ אָממ
In Hungarian, nyamm nyamm, hamm hamm
In Icelandic, namm namm
In Indonesian, nyam nyam
In Italian, gnam gnam
In Japanese, もぐもぐ (mogu mogu),^{[jpn 3]} パクパク (paku paku)^{[jpn 4]}
In Korean, nyam nyam 냠냠, yam yam 얌얌, jjeop jjeop 쩝쩝
In Kyrgyz, шам-шум
In Latvian, ņam ņam
In Lithuanian, niam niam
In Malayalam, njam-njam ഞംഞം, karu-muru കറുമുറു (hard/crunchy)
In Marathi, mam mam मम् मम्
In Norwegian, nam nam
In Polish, mniam mniam, chrup chrup (if hard), mlask
In Portuguese, nham nham
In Romanian, miam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleasc
In Russian, am ам (quick), njam-njam ням-ням
In Serbian, njam-njam њам-њам
In Slovak, mňam, ham
In Spanish, ñam ñam, chomp chomp
In Swedish, nam nam
In Tagalog, nam nam
In Tamil, karukk murukk
In Thai, ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam)
In Turkish, ham hum, nam nam
In Vietnamese, măm măm, nhăm nhăm, nhồm nhoàm, chàm chạp

Heart beating

In Afrikaans, doef doef
In Arabic, tum tum, raṭama-raṭama رطم رطم
In Basque, taup taup, taupa taupa
In Batak, bar-bar-bar
In Bengali: দুরদুর durdur, দুরুদুরু duruduru, লাব ডুব lāb dub, dhuk-puk
In Bulgarian, tup, tup туп-туп
In Catalan, tu-tum tu-tum, pu-pum pu-pum
In Chinese, Cantonese, bìhng-bìhng 怦怦
In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng pēng 怦怦 ^{[zho 2]}
In Croatian, tup tup, bum bum
In Czech, buch buch
In Danish, dunk dunk, bank bank
In Dutch, boenk boenk, boem boem
In English, thump thump, ba boom, ba bump, lub-dub
In Estonian, tuks tuks
In French, bom bom, poum poum
In Finnish, tu-tum, pu-pum
In German, ba-dumm, bumm bumm, poch poch
In Greek, ntouk-ntouk
In Hebrew, bum-búm בּוּם־בּוּם
In Hindi daḍak (pronounced [ˈd̪əɖək]) and Urdu dhakdhak
In Indonesian, dag-dig-dug, deg-degan
In Italian, tu tump
In Japanese, (nervous excitement) ドキドキ (doki doki), (suspense, thrill)^{[jpn 5]}
In Kannada, dub bub, dava dava
In Kazakh, дүрс-дүрс
In Korean, dugeun dugeun 두근두근
In Latvian, tuk tuk
In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
In Macedonian, tup tup туп туп
In Marathi, dhad dhad धड धड, dhak dhak धक-धक
In Norwegian, dunk dunk
In Persian, tāp-o-tūp, tap-tap
In Polish, bum bum, bu-bum
In Portuguese, tun-tum
In Russian, tuc-tuc тук-тук
In Serbian, tup-tup туп-туп
In Spanish, bum bum bum, tucutún tucutún
In Swedish, du-dunk, du-dunk
In Tagalog, dub dub, dub dub, tibók, tibók
In Tamil, lappu-tappu
In Tamil, lab-dab
In Thai, ตุ้บ ตุ้บ (tup tup), ตึ้ก ตั้ก (tuek tak)
In Turkish, güm güm, küt küt
In Vietnamese, thình thịch, bình bịch

Hushing

In Afrikaans, sjoes, sjuut
In Arabic, suh, hoss
In Basque, ixo
In Bulgarian, shut/sh't шът
In Chinese, Mandarin, xū 嘘^{[zho 3]}
In Croatian, ššš, pssst
In Czech, pš [pʃ]
In Danish shh, tys
In Dutch ssst
In English hush, shh
In Estonian kuss kuss
In Finnish, shh, hys
In French chut
In German pst, pscht
In Greek: shh σσσ, shhut σσουτ
In Icelandic uss
In Indonesia ssst
In Italian shh
In Hebrew, shh שְשש
In Hungarian, pszt or csitt
In Japanese, shh (しーっ)
In Korean, swit 쉿
In Latvian: kuš!, ššš'
In Lithuanian: ša!, ššš'
In Marathi, ssshhhoo शूऽऽ, chup! चुप!
In Persian hīs
In Polish ćśśś
In Portuguese chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu
In Romanian sst, șșt, șșș
In Russian ts-s тс-с, sh-sh ш-ш, tsyts! цыц!
In Serbian, psssst пссст, shhhhh шшшшш
In Spanish chitón cht
In Swedish schh
In Tagalog, tsut
In Tamil, oosshhhh
In Thai, จุ๊จุ๊ (chu chu), ชู่ (chuu)
In Turkish şişt, şişş
In Uropi cit, ccc
In Vietnamese suỵt, xuýt

Kiss

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

Laughter

In Afrikaans, ha ha ha
In Arabic hà hà hà, hee hee
In Armenian ka ka ka, cha cha cha քա քա քա, չա չա չա
In Asturian ḥa ḥa ḥa, ḥe ḥe ḥe
In Basque, kar kar kar
In Batak, kakak
In Bengali, ha ha, hee hee, ho ho
In Bulgarian, hahaha хахаха, hehehe хехехе, hihihi хихихи
In Catalan, hahaha, hehehe
In Chinese, Mandarin hā hā 哈哈,^{[zho 4]} hē hē 呵呵,^{[zho 5]} xī xī 嘻嘻^{[zho 6]} hēi hēi 嘿嘿
In Croatian, ha ha ha, he he he, hi hi hi
In Czech, ha ha, cha cha [xa xa], chi chi [xi xi]
In Danish, ha ha, hi hi, hæ hæ, ho ho, ti hi
In Dutch, haha, hihi
In English, hahaha, heh-heh, hohoho, (tee)heehee
In Estonian, haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi
In Finnish, haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi, hihihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent)
In French, hahaha, héhéhé, hihihi, hohoho
In German, hahaha, hihihihi
In Greek: haha χαχα, hehe χεχε
In Hebrew, xà xà xà חָה־חָה־חָה^{[heb 1]}
In Hungarian, haha, hehe, hihi
In Icelandic, haha, hehe, (tittering or laughter) híhí
In Indonesian, hahaha, hehehe, wakakaka, 'wkwkwk'
In Italian, ah, ah, eh, eh, ih, ih, uh, uh
In Japanese, ahaha あはは, フフ (fu fu)
In Kazakh, қарқ-қарқ
In Korean, hahaha 하하하, kekeke 케케케
In Latvian, ha ha
In Lithuanian, cha cha
In Marathi, ha ha हा हा, kho kho खो खो (loud laughter)
In Nepali, ha, ahaha
In Persian, hā-hā, he-he, qah-qāh
In Polish, hahaha, hihi, hehe, hohoho
In Portuguese, hahaha, kakaka, huehuahuehua
In Romanian, ha-ha, hi-hi
In Russian, haha хаха, hihi хихи, hèhè хехе
In Serbian, hahaha хахаха, hihihi хихихи, hehehe хехехе
In Spanish, jajaja, jejeje
In Tagalog, hahaha, hehehe, hihihi
In Thai, ฮ่า ๆ ๆ (hahaha)
In Turkish, haha, hehe, hihi (girly), kikir (girly, sarcastic), hoho (sarcastic)
In Vietnamese, ha ha, hi hi, hô hô

Liquid being drunk

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

Scream

In Albanian, au, of, uf
In Arabic, -aij أي
In Azerbaijani, uf
In Basque, ai, aiei, epa
In Batak, alale
In Belarusian, aj ай
In Bulgarian, aj ай, au ау, ox ох, oj ой
In Catalan, ai, au, ui, uix
In Chinese, Mandarin, ā 啊, ō 噢, āiyā 哎呀, āiyō 哎哟
In Croatian and Serbian, jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč
In Czech, au, jau
In Danish, av
In Dutch, au, auw
In English, ah, arghh ow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes, oof
In Estonian, ai, oi
In Filipino, aráy, ay
In Finnish, au, ai, auts
In French, aïe, ouille, ayoye (Qc), Ouch (Qc), Aw (Qc)
In Galician, ai
In German, au, aua, ah, autsch
In Greek, òk ωχ
In Haitian Creole, ay
In Hebrew, àx אָח,^{[heb 2]} ài אָי, oy vey אױ װײ
In Hindi, àhhà आहा, hhàvh-hhàvh वाह-वाह
In Hungarian, aú, á, jaj
In Icelandic, ái, ói, æi
In Indonesian, aduh, ai, aih, awww
In Irish, aigh
In Italian, ahi, ahia, ohi
In Japanese, gyā ギャー
In Korean, a 아, aya 아야 'kkya' '꺄'
In Latvian, vai, au
In Lithuanian, ai, oi
In Macedonian, uf уф
In Malay, aduh
In Marathi, aa aa आ आ, aaee आऽई
In Navajo, ayá
In Nepali, bzzt, bzzzzzzzt
In Norwegian au
In Pashtu, ooauy, why
In Persian, āx آخ, vāy وای
In Polish, auuu, auć, aj
In Portuguese, ai, au, ui
In Quebec French, ayoye
In Romanian, au, ai, aa, ah
In Russian, oy ой, ay ай, okh ох
In Serbian, auu, joj, jao, ауу,
In Slovak, au
In Slovenian, auch auč
In Spanish, au, ay
In Swedish, aj, oj
In Tagalog, aráy, arúy
In Thai, อ๊าก (ak), ;ว๊าก (wak), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)
In Turkish, ah, ahh, of, öf, üf, ciyak
In Ukrainian, aj ай, joj йой, oj ой
In Urdu, -ààh آہ, ooauy
In Uropi, aw
In Vietnamese, a, á, ối, oái
In Yiddish, oi וי

Shriek

In Batak, ei
In Dutch, iek
In English, yagh, gah, eek, yikes
In German, uwah, waah, ieh
In Finnish, iik, kääk
In Indonesia wao, huwah
In Japanese, kyaa きゃあ ^{[jpn 6]}
In Latvian, ai
In Marathi, aaee आऽई, ee ईऽ
In Polish, aaa
In Persian, āy آی
In Russian, wi-i-i уи-и-и (of pig)
In Swedish, ii
In Thai, อู๊ย (ui), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai)
In Italian, aah, iih

Sneeze

In Afrikaans, atiesjoe
In Arabic, atchu
In Basque, usin, doministiku
In Batak, atcim
In Bengali, হাঁচি hānchi, hanchcho
In Bulgarian, apchix апчих, kih ких
In Catalan, atxum!, atxís, atxim.
In Chinese, Cantonese, hāt-chī 乞嗤
In Chinese, Mandarin, ā tì 阿嚏^{[zho 7]}
In Croatian, apćih, apćiha
In Czech, hepčí [ˈɦɛpt͡ʃiː]
In Danish, atju, hatju
In Dutch, Hatsjoe!, Hatsjie!
In English, Atishoo!, Achoo!
In Estonian, Atsihh!, Atsih!, Aptsihh!, Aptsih!
In Finnish, Atshii!, Atshiu!, Atsiuh, Ätshii!, Ätshiu, Ätsiuh!
In French, Atchoum
In German, Hatschi!, Hatschu!
In Greek, aps(i)u!, αψ(ι)ου!
In Hebrew, apchi! !אַפְּצִ'י^{[heb 3]}
In Hindi, achhee!
In Hungarian, Hapci!
In Icelandic, Atsjú!
In Indonesian, hacciihh!
In Italian, etciú
In Japanese, ハクション! (hakushon!)^{[jpn 7]}
In Kazakh, apschoo, әпшу
In Korean, echwi 에취
In Latvian, apčī
In Lithuanian, apčiū, apči
In Macedonian, apchixa! апчиха!
In Marathi, acchin! आच्छीं!, acchoo आच्छू
In Norwegian aatsjoo
In Persian,achu
In Polish, a-psik!
In Portuguese, atchim!, atchô!
In Romanian, hapciu!
In Russian, apchkhi! Апчхи
In Serbian, apćiha апћиха
In Sinhalese, hacis හචිස්
In Slovak, hapčí
In Slovene, ačih, ačiha
In Spanish, ¡Achu!,¡Achís! or ¡Achú!
In Swedish, atjoo!
In Tagalog, hatsíng! bahíng!
In Tamil, A-Choo
In Thai, ฮัดเช่ย (hatchoei), ฮัดชิ่ว (hatchio)
In Turkish, hapşu
In Vietnamese, hắt xì, ắt xì

Snoring

In Afrikaans, snork
In Basque, zurrun-zurrun
In Batak, korrrr
In Bengali, bhnosh bhnosh
In Bulgarian, hurrr хърр
In Chinese, Mandarin, hū lu 呼噜^{[zho 8]}
In Czech, chrrr
In Danish, snork
In Dutch, snurk, zzz
In English, zzz
In Finnish, krooh pyyh
In French, Ron pchi, zzz
In German, chrr-pfüüh, Schnarch, zzz
In Hebrew, xrrr חְררר
In Hungarian, hrr pityipű
In Indonesian, grookkk
In Italian, ronf, zzz
In Japanese, gu-gu ぐうぐう ^{[jpn 8]}
In Kazakh, қорр, қорр-қорр
In Korean, deureureong 드르렁
In Marathi, ghor घोर, ghurr घुर्र
In Persian, xor-o-pof, xor-nāse
In Polish, chrrr
In Romanian, sfor
In Russian, khrrr хр-р-р
In Swedish, snark
In Tagalog, kok-sss
In Thai, ครอก ฟี้ (khrok fi), ครอก ครอก (khrok khrok)
In Turkish, hor
In Vietnamese, khò, khò khò

Stuttering

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

Thinking/Pause

In Bulgarian, aaaa ъъъъъъ
In Chinese, Mandarin, èn嗯
In Czech, é [e:]
In English, er, erm, uh, uhm
In French, heu, euh
In German, äh, ähm
In Hebrew, אהמ (ehm)
In Hungarian, hm, hmm, őő
In Indonesia, hmmm
In Italian, mmm, ehm
In Japanese, アーノ (āno), エート (ēto)
In Marathi, hmm हम्ऽ
In Norwegian, ø, øh
In Persian, hmm
In Polish, hmmm
In Portuguese, "ããã", "âââ"
In Spanish ehhh
In Turkish, ııı, ee, hmm

Throat swallowing

In Batak, guk
In Bengali, dhnok gela
In Bulgarian, gull гъл
In Croatian, gut
In Danish, slurk, glub
In Dutch, slik
In English, gulp; (of liquid) glug glug glug
In Filipino, lunók
In Finnish, klup
In French, gloups
In German, schluck
In Hebrew, gluk גְּלוּק
In Hungarian, gluggy
In Indonesian, glek
In Italian, glu glu
In Japanese, goku ごくっ ^{[jpn 9]}
In Kazakh, сылқ
In Korean, kkul kkeok 꿀꺽
In Marathi, gatak गटक
In Polish, gul gul
In Russian, glyg глыг
In Romanian, gogâlț
In Spanish, glup
In Swedish, gulp
In Thai, อึก อึก (uek uek)
In Turkish, gulp
In Ukrainian, golg ґольґ

Tooth brushing

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

Yawning

. In Bengali, hai

In Cebuano, hahay
In Croatian, zijev
In Czech, zív
In Danish, gab
In English, yawn
In Filipino, hikab
In Finnish, haukotus
In French, ouaaah
In German, gähn
In Indonesia hoam
In Japanese, fuwaāa ふわあーあ
In Polish, ziew
In Portuguese uah
In Swedish gäsp
In Thai, ฮ่าว (hao)

Animal sounds

Bee buzzing

In Afrikaans, zoem
In Arabic, taneen طنين
In Armenian, bezuzz, bezuzze բզզ, բզզէ
In Batak, ngung-ngung
In Bengali, gun gun
In Bulgarian, bzzzz бзззз
In Chinese, Mandarin, wēng wēng 嗡嗡^{[zho 9]}
In Catalan, zzz
In Croatian, zum zum, bzzz
In Czech, bzzz
In Danish, sum
In English, buzz, bzzz
In rural English (as mentioned in Joel Chandler Harris' "Uncle Remus" stories), zoon
In Estonian summ-summ-summ
In Finnish, surr, surrur'
In French Bzzzz
In German, summ
In Hebrew, bzzz בְּזזז, zum zum זוּם־זוּם
In Hungarian, zümm
In Indonesia nguing
In Japanese, būn ブーン
In Latvian, bzz
In Marathi, zzz
In Persian, vez-vez
In Polish, bzzz, zzzz
In Portuguese, zum zum, bzzzz
In Romanian, bâzzz
In Russian, zhzhzh жжж
In Serbian, zum zum, bzz
In Spanish, zum
In Tagalog, zzz
In Turkish, vızz
In Thai, หึ่ง ๆ (hueng hueng)

Bird singing

In Afrikaans, twiet twiet
In Albanian ciu-ciu
In Arabic siqsiq سِقسِق,gharid (to chirp) غِرد, ziw ziw ziw زِيد زِيد زِيد
In Armenian jiv jiv ճիւ ճիւ
In Basque (Euskara), txio txio
In Bengali, kichir michir
In Bosnian, čip čip
In Bulgarian, chik-chirik чик-чирик
In Catalan, piu piu
In Chinese, Mandarin jī jī zhā zhā 叽叽喳喳^{[zho 10]}
In Croatian, čip čip
In Czech, píp píp, cvrliki
In Danish, pip pip
In Dutch, twiet twiet, tjierp, tjielp, tsjilp
In English, chirp chirp, tweet tweet, cheep cheep, peep peep
In Estonian, siuts siuts, siit siit, tsirr tsirr, sirts sirts, siu siu
In Finnish, tsirp tsirp, tviit, piip piip, ti-ti-tyy (great tit)
In French, cui cui, piou piou
In German, piep piep /peep, peep/, tschiep
In Greek, tsiu tsiu τσίου τσίου
In Hebrew, tsif tsif צִיף־צִיף,^{[heb 4]} tswits tswits צְוִיץ־צְוִיץ^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, cheh cheh
In Hungarian, csip-csirip
In Icelandic, bíbí
In Indonesian, cit-cit, cicitcuit
In Italian, cip cip, pio pio (chick)
In Japanese, it varies: (chick) ピヨピヨ (piyo piyo), ひいひい (hī, hī), chun chun チュンチュン
In Kazakh, шыр-шыр, шық-шық
In Korean, jjaek jjaek 짹짹
In Latvian, čiu čiu, čiv čiv
In Lithuanian, čik čirik, čyru vyru
In Macedonian, churulic churulic чурулик чурулик
In Malayalam, coo coo
In Malay, cip cip
In Marathi, chiw-chiw छिव-छिव, coohoo-coohoo कुहू-कुहू, kil-kil किल-किल, kaw-kaw काव-काव
In Persian, čah-čah, čah-čahe
In Polish, ćwir ćwir, fiu-fiu (and others)
In Portuguese, piu piu
In Romanian, cip cirip, piu piu
In Russian, chiric-chiric чирик-чирик, chic-chiric чик-чирик, chiv-chiv чив-чив
In Serbian, choo choo
In Sinhalese, kumu kumu කුමු-කුමු
In Slovak, píp píp, čvirik, čvirik
In Slovene, čiv čiv
In Spanish, pío, pío
In Swedish, kvitt, kvitt
In Tagalog, twit twit twit
In Tamil, koo, koo
In Thai, จิ๊บ ๆ (chip chip)
In Turkish, cik cik, cibili cibili şak şak /dʒik dʒik/
In Ukrainian, t'okh-t'okh тьох-тьох, fit'-fit' фіть-фіть
In Vietnamese, chíp chíp

Cat meowing

In Albanian, mjau-mjau
In Arabic, muwà- مُواَء, naw naw
In Batak, ngeong
In Bengali: miu miu মিউ মিউ
In Bulgarian, mjau мяу
In Catalan, mèu [mɛu]
In Chinese, Cantonese, mēu-mēu 喵喵
In Chinese, Mandarin, miāo 喵^{[zho 11]}
In Croatian, mjau
In Czech, mňau [mɲau]
In Danish, mjau, mjav, miau, miav
In Dutch, miauw, mauw
In Egyptian, mjw (miu)
In English, miaow (UK), meow (US), mew, miau
In Estonian, mäu, mjäu, näu, njau, kurnjau
In Finnish, miau, mau, nau, kurnau
In French, miaou [mja.u]
In German, miau
In Greek, niau νιάου
In Hebrew, miàw מְיָאוּ^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi myaau, myaaoo
In Hungarian miaú, nyau
In Icelandic, mjá
In Indonesian, meong
In Italian, miao, mao
In Japanese, ニャー (nyā)
In Kazakh, мияу-мияу
In Korean, yaong 야옹
In Latgalian, ņau ņau
In Latvian, mjau, ņau
In Lithuanian, miau
In Macedonian, mjau мјау
In Malayalam, myaoo myaoo
In Marathi, meow/myao म्यांव
In Norwegian mjau
In Persian, mioo mioo میومیو
In Polish, miau
In Portuguese, miau
In Romanian, miau
In Russian, mjau мяу
In Sinhalese, ñāvu ඤාවු
In Slovene, mijav
In Spanish, miau [ˈmjau]
In Swedish, mjau, mjao
In Tagalog, meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw
In Tamil, miaow(m) மியா
In Telugu, miao(m)
In Thai, เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew)
In Turkish, miyav
In Ukrainian, niav няв
In Urdu, meow
In Uropi, miaw
In Vietnamese, meo
In Volapük, miov

Chicken clucking

In Afrikaans, kloek kloek
In Arabic, qur qur قرقر, baq baq baiq بق بق بيق
In Batak, kotek-kotek
In Bulgarian, ко-ко-ко
In Chinese, gē gē 咯咯
In Croatian, kokoda, kokodak
In Czech, kokodák
In Danish, kuk kuk, gok gok
In Dutch, tok tok tok
In English, cluck cluck, bok bok bok, bok bok b'gawk
In Estonian, kaa-kaa, kaak-kaak
In Finnish, kot kot
In French, cot cot cot, cot cot codet
In German, gack gack gack
In Greek, coco co, clo clo (sitting)
In Hebrew, qur qur qur קוּר־קוּר־קוּר,^{[heb 4]} bàq bàq bàq בָּק־בָּק־בָּק
In Hungarian, kot-kot-kot-kodács
In Indonesian, petok-petok
In Italian, coccodè
In Japanese, kokko コッコッ
In Kazakh, қыт-қыт
In Korean, kko kko daek, 꼬꼬댁
In Latgalian, kā kā
In Lithuanian, kud kudak, ko ko ko
In Persian, qod-qod, qod-qod-qodās
In Polish, ko ko
In Portuguese, có có có
In Romanian, cotcodac
In Russian, ko-ko-ko ко-ко-ко,kud-kuda куд-куда
In Serbian, kokoda кокода
In Spanish, kikiriki
In Swedish, kluck kluck
In Tagalog, po-kok
In Thai, กุ๊ก ๆ (kuk kuk)
In Turkish, gıt-gıt gıdaak
In Vietnamese, (cục ta) cục tác

Cow mooing

In Afrikaans, moe
In Arabic, moo, ngoah
In Bengali, hamba
In Bulgarian, muu муу
In Chinese, Mandarin, mōu 哞^{[zho 12]}
In Croatian, muu
In Czech, bůů
In Danish, muh
In Dutch, boe
In English, moo
In Estonian, ammuu, muu, möö
In Finnish, ammuu, muu
In French, meuh, mou
In German, muh
In Greek, mu μoυ
In Hebrew, muuu מוווּ^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, moo
In Hungarian, mú , bú
In Indonesian, mooh
In Italian, mu
In Japanese, モーモー (mō mō)
In Kazakh, moo, мөө
In Korean eum-mae 음매
In Latgalian, mū
In Latvian, mū
In Lithuanian, mū
In Marathi, hamma हम्मा
In Persian, māγ
In Polish, muuuu
In Portuguese, mu mu
In Romanian, mu
In Russian, mu му
In Slovene, mu
In Spanish, mu
In Swedish, mu
In Tagalog, ungaa
In Telugu, అంబా (amba)
In Thai, มอ (mo)
In Turkish, mö
In Uropi, mu, muh
In Vietnamese, ụm bò

Crow calling

In Arabic, qà qà
In Bengali: কা কা ka ka
In Bulgarian, ga ga га га
In Chinese, Mandarin, yā yā 哑哑^{[zho 13]}
In Croatian, kra kra
In Czech, krá krá
In Danish, kra kra
In Dutch, kra kra
In English, caw caw
In Estonian kraaks kraaks
In Finnish, kraa kraa
In French, crôa crôa
In German, krah krah
In Greek, cra cra κρα κρα
In Hebrew, qràqh qràqh קְרָע־קְרָע^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, kaa kaa
In Hungarian kár kár
In Indonesian kaa kaa, kak kak
In Italian, cra cra
In Japanese, kaa kaa カアカア, gaa gaa ガアガア
In Kannada, kha-kha
In Kazakh, қарқ-қарқ
In Korean, kkaak kkaak 까악까악
In Latgalian, krā
In Latvian, krā
In Lithuanian, kar kar
In Macedonian, gra gra гра гра
In Malayalam, kra kra
In Marathi, kav-kav काव-काव
In Norwegian kra kra'
In Persian, qār-qār
In Polish, kra kra
In Portuguese, cra cra
In Romanian, cra cra
In Russian, kar kar кар-кар
In Sinhalese, kāk kāk කාක්-කාක්
In Slovene, kra kra
In Spanish, cuaa cuaaa, uacc uac
In Swedish, kra kra, krax krax
In Tagalog, wák, wák
In Tamil, kaa kaa
In Telugu, kaau kaau
In Thai, กา กา (ka ka; ka also means a crow)
In Turkish, gaak gaak
In Vietnamese, quạ quạ (quạ also means a crow)

Dog barking

In Afrikaans, woef
In Albanian, ham ham
In Arabic, haw haw, hab hab
In Armenian, hav hav հաւ հաւ
In Basque, txau txau (small dogs), zaunk zaunk (big dogs)
In Batak, kung-kung
In Bengali: gheu gheu ঘেউ ঘেউ, bheu bheu ভেউ ভেউ, bhou bhou ভউ ভউ
In Bulgarian, bow bow бау бау, djaff djaff джаф джаф
In Catalan, bup bup
In Chinese, Cantonese, wōu-wōu 㕵㕵
In Chinese, Mandarin, wāng wāng 汪汪^{[zho 14]}
In Croatian, vau vau
In Czech, haf haf
In Danish, vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf
In Dutch, waf waf, woef woef
In English, woof, arf, bow wow, ruff
In Estonian, auh auh
In Finnish hau hau, vuh vuh
In French, ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf
In German, wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff
In Greek, ghav ghav γαβ γαβ, woof
In Hebrew, hav hav הַב־הַב,^{[heb 4]} haw haw הַאוּ־הַאוּ^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, bho bho भो भो
In Hungarian vau vau
In Icelandic, voff voff
In Indonesian, guk guk
In Italian, bau bau
In Japanese, ワンワン (wan wan)
In Kannada, bow bow
In Kazakh, арп-арп, шәу-шәу
In Korean, meong meong 멍멍
In Latgalian, vau vau
In Latvian, vau
In Lithuanian, au au
In Macedonian, av av ав ав, dzhav dzhav џав џав
In Malayalam, bau bau
In Marathi, bhuu bhuu भू भू
In Norwegian voff voff, vov vov
In Persian, vāq vāq واق واق, hāf-hāf هاف هاف
In Polish, hau hau
In Portuguese, au au, ão ão, béu béu
In Romanian, ham ham
In Russian, gav gav (гав-гав), tyaf tyaf тяф-тяф
In Sinhalese, buh buh බුඃ බුඃ
In Slovene, hov hov
In Spanish, guau guau
In Serbian, av av ав ав
In Swedish, vov vov, voff voff
In Tagalog, aw aw
In Tamil, vovw-vovw லொள் லொள், loll-loll, vazh vazh
In Telugu, bau bau
In Thai, โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok)
In Turkish, hav hav
In Uropi, waw waw
In Vietnamese, gâu gâu, sủa sủa

Dog or wolf howling

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

Donkey braying

In Afrikaans, hie hô
In Bulgarian, и-аа, и-аа (i-aa, i-aa)
In Catalan, i-aaa
In Croatian, i-a
In Czech, íí-áá
In Dutch, ie-aa
In English, hee-haw
In Finnish, ihaa
In French, hi han
In German, i-ah
In Hebrew, -i-à אִי־אָה^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, Dhai.nchu Dhai.nchu ढैंचू ढैंचू
In Hungarian, i-á
In Italian, ih oh
In Persian, ar-ar عر عر
In Polish, iii-haa
In Portuguese,ii-á, ii-ó
In Romanian, i-ha
In Russian, ie-a ии-а
In Spanish, i-o
In Turkish, aa-ii

Duck calling

In Afrikaans, kwaak
In Albanian, mak-mak
In Arabic, wak-wak
In Batak, kuak-kuak
In Brazilian Portuguese, quá quá
In Bengali, pnak pnak
In Bulgarian, paa, paa па-па
In Catalan, cuac cuac, mec mec, qüec qüec.
In Chinese, Cantonese, gua, gua 呱呱
In Chinese, Mandarin, gā gā 嘎嘎,^{[zho 15]} guā guā 呱呱^{[zho 16]}
In Croatian, kva kva
In Czech, káč káč
In Danish, rap rap
In Dutch, kwak kwak, kwaak, kwaak
In English, quack
In Estonian, prääk prääk, prääks prääks
In Finnish, kvaak kvaak
In French, coin coin
In German, quak quak
In Greek, cuac cuac (κουάκ κουάκ)
In Hebrew, gaʕ gaʕ גַּע־גַּע^{[heb 4]}
In Hungarian, háp háp
In Icelandic, bra bra
In Indonesian, kwek kwek
In Italian, qua qua
In Japanese, ガーガー (gā gā)
In Kazakh, қақ-қақ
In Korean, kkwaek kkwaek 꽥꽥
In Latvian, pēk pēk
In Lithuanian, kva kva
In Macedonian, cva cva ква ква
In Nepali, braaaq caaq
In Norwegian kvakk kvakk
In Persian, (Northern) mak-mak
In Polish, kwa kwa kwa
In Portuguese, quá quá, quak quak
In Romanian, mac mac
In Russian, krja krja кря-кря
In Spanish, cua cua
In Swedish, kvack kvack
In Tagalog, kwak kwak
In Tamil, kua kua
In Thai, ก้าบ ๆ (kap kap)
In Turkish, vak vak
In Uropi, kwa kwa
In Vietnamese, cạp cạp

Eagle soaring

In Batak, kuliii-kulikuk

Elephant trumpeting

In English, baraag, nrrr
In Finnish, tööt
In German, töröö
In Indonesian, ngoah
In Italian, baaa
In Japanese, パオー (pao-)
In Swedish, tuut
In Spanish, biaaah
In Thai, แป๊น (paen), แปร๊น (praen)

Frog croaking

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

In Afrikaans, kwaak
In Bengali: মক মক môk môk, কট কট kôṭ kôṭ, ghangor ghang
In Bulgarian, cva cva ква ква
In Catalan, ruac ruac, roac roac, rac rac.
In Chinese, Mandarin: guā guā 呱呱^{[zho 16]}
In Croatian, kre kre
In Czech, kvá kvá
In Danish: kvæk kvæk, græbæk
In Dutch: kwaak kwaak
In English, (USA) ribbit, gribbit; (Britain) croak
In Estonian krooks krooks
In Finnish kurr kurr, kroak
In French, croac croac
In Galician, cro cro
In German, gribbit, quaaak
In Greek, brekekekex koax koax (ancient, likely Rana ridibunda), cuacs cuacs κουάξ κουάξ
In Hebrew, qwà qwà קְוָה־קְוָה^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, tarr tarr
In Hungarian, brekeke, brekk, kutykurutty, kvákk
In Indonesia krok krok
In Italian, cra cra
In Japanese, ケロケロ (kero kero)
In Kazakh, бақ-бақ
In Korean, gaegul gaegul 개굴개굴
In Latgalian, kvak kvak, kvā kvā, kvarr kvarr
In Latvian, kvā kvā
In Lithuanian, kva kva
In Macedonian, crè crè кре кре
In Marathi, darav-darav डरांव-डरांव
In Norwegian, kvekk kvekk, kvakk kvakk
In Persian, qūr-qūr
In Polish, kum kum, rech rech
In Portuguese, croac croac
In Romanian, oac oac
In Russian, kva kva ква ква
In Sinhalese, baka baka බක බක
In Slovene, kvak kvak, rega kvak
In Spanish, croac croac
In Swedish, kvack kvack, ko ack ack ack kväk
In Tagalog, kokak kokak
In Telugu, beka beka
In Thai, อ๊บ ๆ (op op)
In Turkish, vrak vrak
In Ukrainian, kva kva ква-ква,^{[uk 1]} kum kum кум-кум,^{[uk 2]} kvok kvok квок-квок^{[uk 2]}
In Vietnamese, ồm ộp, ộp ộp

Goose calling

In Arabic, quack quack, kwak kwak كواك كواك
In Bulgarian, kvack kvack (квак-квак)
In Catalan, cuac cuac
In Croatian, ga ga
In Czech, ga ga
In Dutch, gak gak
In English, honk honk
In Estonian kaak kaak
In French, ca car
In German, gack gack
In Hebrew, gaqh gaqh גַּע־גַּע^{[heb 4]}
In Hungarian, gá gá
In Indonesia kwak kwak
In Italian, qua qua
In Japanese, ガーガー (gā gā)
In Korean, kkwae-aek-kkwae-aek 꽤액-꽤액
In Latgalian, gā gā
In Polish, gę gę
In Portuguese, quem quem /qüém qüém/, qua qua
In Romanian, ga ga
In Russian, ga-ga-ga га-га-га
In Slovene, ga ga
In Spanish, cua cua
In Tagalog, ong ong
In Tamil, baack baack
In Turkish, vak vak
In Vietnamese, quạc quạc

Horse whinnying

In Afrikaans, runnik
In Bengali, chi hni
In Catalan, hiiiihiii
In Croatian, njihaa
In Czech, íí-hahá
In Danish, vrinsk
In Dutch, niiii, hiiii
In English, neigh
In Estonian, ii-ha-haa
In Finnish, ii-ha-haa
In French, hiii hiii
In German, wiehiehie
In Hebrew, hii hii הִי־הִי^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, hin-hina हिं-हिं
In Hungarian, nyihaha
In Indonesia yihaa
In Italian, hiii hiii
In Japanese, ヒーン (hīn)
In Korean, hi-ing 히잉
In Latin, hinni
In Latvian, ī-ā
In Lithuanian, yhaha, ygaga
In Norwegian, vrisnk
In Persian, šīhe
In Polish, iiii-haaa
In Portuguese, hi hi
In Romanian, ni-ha-ha
In Russian, i-go-go и-го-го
In Spanish, ji ji
In Swedish', gnägg
In Tagalog, hihihi haha
In Thai, ฮี้ ๆ (hii hii)
In Turkish, ih-hi-i-i
In Vietnamese, hí hí hí

Horse trotting

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

Lion roaring

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

Monkey chatting

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

Owl hooting

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

Pig grunting

. In Bengali, ghnot ghnot

In Bulgarian, gruh gruh грух грух
In Catalan, oinc oinc
In Czech, chro chro, kvík kvík
In Danish, øf øf, 'grønt'
In Dutch, knor knor
In English, oink oink
In Estonian röh röh röh
In Finnish, röh röh, nöf nöf
In French, groin groin
In Georgian, ghrutu ghrutu ღრუტუ ღრუტუ
In German, grunz grunz, oink oink
in Greek, ko-i ko-i (Aristophanes Ach. 780)
In Hebrew, -oinq -oinq אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק,^{[heb 4]} xrr xrr חְרר־חְרר^{[heb 4]}
In Hungarian, röf röf, uí uí
In Indonesian, grok grok
In Italian, oink oink
In Japanese, プヒプヒ (puhi puhi), ブーブー (bū bū)
In Kazakh, қорс-қорс
In Korean, kkul kkul 꿀꿀
In Latgalian, ruk ruk, kvī kvī
In Lithuanian, kvy kvy, kvykt kvykt, kriu kriu
In Polish, kwi kwi, chrum chrum
In Portuguese, ronc ronc, oinc oinc
In Romanian, groh groh
In Russian, xrju xrju хрю-хрю
In Spanish, oinc oinc
In Swedish, nöff nöff
In Tagalog, ngok ngok
In Thai, อู๊ด ๆ (uut uut), ครอก ๆ (khrok khrok)
In Uropi, grun grun
In Vietnamese, ụt ụt, ụt ịt, ỉn ỉn, ủn ỉn
In Welsh, soch soch

Rooster crowing

In Afrikaans, koekeloekoe
In Albanian, kikiriku
In Arabic, kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo
In Armenian, tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo, coo-coo-ree-coo
In Bengali, Kuk-ku-ruk-kooo
In Bulgarian, cucurigu кукуригу
In Catalan, quic quiriquic
In Chinese, Mandarin, ō ō ō 噢噢噢 / wō wō wō 喔喔喔
In Croatian, kukuriku
In Czech, kykirikí
In Danish, kykkeliky
In Dutch, kukeleku
In English, cock a doodle doo
In Estonian kikerikii, kukeleegu
In Euskara, kukurruku
In Finnish, kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing)
In French, cocorico
In Georgian, qiqliqo ყიყლიყო
In German, kikeriki
In Greek, ciciricu κικιρίκου
In Hebrew, quuquuriqu קוּקוּרִיקוּ^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, ku-kudu-koo
In Hungarian kukurikú
In Icelandic, gaggalagó
In Indonesian, kukuruyuk
In Irish, cuc-adiú-dil-ú
In Italian, chicchirichi
In Japanese, コケコッコー (kokekokkō)
In Korean, gugugugu 구구구구, kko-kki-o 꼬끼오
In Latgalian, kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō
In Latin, cocococo
In Latvian, kikerigū
In Lithuanian, kakarykū, kakariekū
In Macedonian, cucuricu кукурику
In Malayalam, kokarakkoo
In Marathi, kukooch-koo! कुकूच-कू!
In Nepali, kukhuri kaa
In Norwegian kykkeliky
In Persian, qūqūli qū-qū
In Polish, kukuryku
In Portuguese, cocorocó, cocoricó
In Romanian, cucurigu
In Russian, koo-ka-re-koo кукареку
In Sinhalese, kuku kūk kuu කුක්කු කූක් කූ
In Slovene, kikiriki
In Spanish, quiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó
In Sundanese, kongkorongok
In Swedish, kuckeliku
In Tagalog, tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok
In Tamil, kokkara-ko-ko
In Telugu, kokkaro-ko
In Thai, เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก (ek-i-ek-ek)
In Turkish, ü-ürü-üüü /yʔyryʔyː/
In Ukrainian, koo-ku-ri-koo кукуріку
In Vietnamese, ò ó o (oooooo)

Sheep bleating

In Afrikaans, mê
In Arabic, mbaa امباع, maa'
In Armenian, mai մայ
In Basque, 'mee mee'
In Bulgarian, beee беее
In Catalan, bèè, mèè
In Chinese, Mandarin, miē 咩^{[zho 17]}
In Croatian, bee
In Czech, béé
In Danish, mæh
In Dutch, bèh, mèh
In English, baa
In Estonian mää mää
In Finnish, mää, bää
In French, bêêh
In Georgian, ვეეე (veee)
In German, mäh
In Ancient Greek, βῆ
In Modern Greek, μεε
In Hebrew, meh מֶה^{[heb 4]}
In Hungarian, bee
In Icelandic, mee
In Indonesian, mbee, mbek
In Italian, bee
In Japanese, メーメー (mē mē)
In Kyrgyz, маа
In Korean language, Eum-mae 음매
In Latin, bee
In Latvian, bē
In Lithuanian, be
In Marathi, baanh-baanh बँ-बँ
In Norwegian, bæ
In Persian, ba:-ba:
In Polish, beee
In Portuguese, meh
In Romanian, meee, beee
In Russian, beh бее-е
In Spanish, be
In Swedish, bä
In Telugu, mae
In Thai, แบะ แบะ (bae bae)
In Turkish, mee
In Uropi, bee, beh
In Vietnamese, be be (the same as a goat's)

Snake hissing

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

Collisions, bursts, and strikes

Balloon or bubble bursting

In Albanian, çpuf, puf
In Arabic, pakh, poof
In batak. tak
In Bemba, pobo
In Bengali, phat, phatash
In Bulgarian, puc пук
In Croatian, puk
In Czech, puf
In Danish, bang, knald
In Dutch, pang, pof, paf
In English, pop, bang
In Estonian pops
In French, bang, hop
In Finnish, poks
In German, baeng, plop
In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
In Hindi, thaa
In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
In Indonesian, dor
In Italian, bum
In Japanese, pan パンッ
In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong 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 Albanian, pam; tak
In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ
In Basque, damba damba
In Bengali, goom goom
In Bulgarian, bum бум, kh кх, tatatata тататата
In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà
In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng 砰; ping, pa 乒, 啪; da da da... 嗒嗒嗒
In Croatian, bum, pam, puf
In Czech, bum, prásk, ratatata
In Danish, bang, bum
In Dutch, boem; pang, pauw; ratatata
In English, bam, boom, blam, kaboom; bang, pow; rat-at-at-at-at-at, gat-gat-gat-gat, dakka-dakka
In Estonian, põmm, kõmm; pauh, karpauh
In Finnish, pum; pam; ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, rä-tä-tä-tä-tä-tä
In French, boum; pan
In German, bumm, rumms, kawumm; peng, puff, päng; rat-tat-tat-tat
In Greek, cabum, bum μπουμ, bam μπαμ; bam, pan, piu-piu (mainly by kids); trrrrrr
In Hebrew, bum בּוּם
In Hindi, thaa
In Hungarian bumm, dörr; ratata, trrrrr
In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
In Indonesian, dor,
In Italian, bum; bang; pum
In Japanese, バーンバーン (bān bān), dōn ドーン, bakyūn バキューン
In Kannada, dum, dhaam
In Kazakh, bydyrsch быдырщ
In Korean, ppang 빵
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 Spanish, pum; bang; praca
In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
In Tamil, dishum
In Telugu, dishyoom
In Thai, ตูม (tuum, cannon firing); ปัง (pang, gunshot)
In Turkish, bom; bam, dıkşınyaa (by kids)
In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
In Vietnamese, đoàng (louder); pằng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)

Crash

In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh
In Bengali: ṭhash ঠাস, ṭhush ঠুস, dhum ধুম, dham ধাম, daram, dhapash
In Bulgarian, bum бум, dum дум, trjas тряс, pras прас
In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
In Chinese, Mandarin, hong 轰
In Croatian, bum, tres
In Czech, řach, bum, prásk
In Danish, bum, bump, bang, krasj
In Dutch, boem, knal, plof
In English, boom, bam, wham, slam, bang, crash, clash, pow
In Estonian, prõmm, pauh, piraki, karpauh
In Tagalog, ka-boom
In Finnish, pam, pum, ryskis, kolin, räiskis
In French, bing, bang, boum, bam, vlan
In German, rumms, bumms, bauz, krach
In Gilbertese, beeku
In Greek, bam μπαμ, gcup
In Haitian Creole, bip
In Hebrew, bum בּוּם, trax טְרַאח^{[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
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
In Marathi, dhadaam धडाम्
In Polish, bum, trach
In Portuguese, crash, boom
In Romanian, bum, buf, pac, poc, trosc, zbang
In Russian, bum бум
In Sinhalese, daḍas දඩස්
In Spanish, cuas, pácatelas, pungun
In Swedish, krash
In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum
In Thai, โครม (khrom)
In Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam
In Vietnamese, ầm, rầm

Door or floor creaking

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

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput
In Italian, rrra-tatatatata...
In Romanian, pâr pâr
In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr дыр-дыр-дыр

Knocking

In Afrikaans, klop
In Batak, tok-tok-tok
In Bengali, khat khat, takatak
In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
In Catalan, toc toc
In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当
In Croatian, kuc kuc
In Czech, ťuk ťuk
In Danish, bank bank
In Dutch, klop klop
In English, knock knock
In Finnish, kop kop
In Estonian, kopp kopp
In French, toc toc
In German, klopf klopf
In Hebrew, tuq tuq תּוּק־תּוּק^{[heb 6]}
In Hindi, thakk thakk
In Hungarian, kop kop
In Icelandic, bank bank
In Indonesian, tok tok
In Italian, toc toc
In Japanese, コツコツ (kotsu kotsu), kon kon コンコン, ton ton トントン
In Korean, ttok ttok 똑똑
In Latvian, tuk tuk
In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
In Marathi, thak-thak ठक्-ठक्
In Persian, taq-taq
In Polish, puk-puk
In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz
In Romanian, cioc-cioc
In Russian, tuc-tuc тук-тук
In Spanish, toc toc
In Swedish, knack knack
In Tagalog, tok tok tok
In Thai, ก๊อก ๆ ๆ (kok kok kok)
In Turkish, tak tak
In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc

Strikes

Dull strike

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

Falling strike

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

Sharp strike

In Afrikaans, klingel, kletter
In Bulgarian, dzun дзън
In Catalan, cling. clang, cataclinc-cataclanc
In Czech, cink
In Chinese, Cantonese, bìhng-līng baang-làahng 乒鈴嘭唥
In Chinese, Mandarin, kuāng lāng 哐啷,^{[zho 18]} guang-dang 哐当
In Dutch, klink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingel
In English, clang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow
In Finnish, kilin, kolin
In French, paf, bim, bam
In German, klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel
In Hebrew, zbang זְבֶּנְג^{[heb 7]}
In Japanese, カーン (kān)
In Korean, jjaeng 쨍, ting 팅
In Persian, jiring
In Portuguese, pim, plim
In Russian, dzyn’ дзынь, zvyak звяк, klatz клац
In Spanish, tintin, tilín
In Thai, ติ๊ง (ting), ปิ๊ง (ping)
In Vietnamese, keng, beng

Wet strike

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

Machinery

Camera shutter

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

Car engine revving

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

Car horn honking

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

Clock ticking

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

In Afrikaans, tik-tok
In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak, ...
In Bengali, tik tik
In Bulgarian, tic tac тик так
In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dā 嘀嗒^{[zho 19]}
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, tijq taq תִּיק־תַּק^{[heb 8]}
In Hindi, tic tic
In Hungarian, tik tak
In Indonesian, tik tok
In Italian, tic tac
In Japanese, チクタク (chikutaku), カチカチ (kachi kachi)
In Korean ttok-ttak ttok-ttak 똑딱똑딱
In Latvian, tik tak
In Lithuanian, tik tak
In Macedonian, tic tac тик так
In Marathi, tik-tik टिक-टिक
In Nepali, clit caqq
In Norwegian tikk takk
In Polish, tik tak
In Portuguese, tique-taque
In Romanian, tic tac
In Russian, tic-tac тик-так
In Slovene, tik tak
In Spanish, tic tac
In Swedish, tick tack
In Tagalog, tik tak tik tak
In Tamil, tik tik
In Thai, ติ๊กต็อก (tiktok)
In Turkish, tik tak
In Vietnamese, tích tắc
In Volapük, tiktö

Doorbell ringing

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

Keyboard striking

In Batak, tik tik
In Bulgarian, trak-trak трак-трак
In Catalan txiquiti-txiquiti, txic txic.
In Czech, klik, ťuk ťuk
In Danish: klik klik
In Dutch: tik tik
In English: click click, click clack, taka taka
In Estonian klõp klõp klõp
In Finnish: klik klik, klik klak, naks, naputinap
In French: clic clic
In German: klack klack klack (typewriter), tipp tipp tipp (computer)
In Hebrew, klik klik, קְלִיק־קְלִיק^{[heb 9]}
In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
In Japanese, kata kata カタカタ
In Polish, klik klik
In Russian, klatz-klatz клац-клац
In Swedish, knapp knapp
In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
In Thai, ก้อกแก้ก (kokkaek)
In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır
In Vietnamese, lạch cạch

Match striking

. In Bengali, phash

In Russian, chirk чирк

Telephone ringing

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

Siren wailing

In Afrikaans, pie-pô
In Arabic, wee-waa
In Bengali, pay puu
In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na
In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu тии-ну-нии-ну
In Catalan, ninu ni, ni no ni no
In Croatian, ninu ninu, tinu ninu
In Danish, ba bu
In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
In English Nee naw, wee-woo, waow-waow (police), awooga (klaxon),
In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
In Filipino, wang wang wang
In Finnish, Pii paa, Viiuu viiuu viiuu
In French, Pin Pon
In German, Tatütata
In Greek, eeuu eeuu ηου-ηου
In Hungarian, nínó, nénó
In Italian, nino nino
In Japanese, ピーポーピーポー (pīpō pīpō)
In Korean, ppippo ppippo 삐뽀 삐뽀
In Latvian, ī-ū
In Macedonian, piu uiu пиу уиу
In Minions, mi naw mi naw
In Norwegian, Bæ bu bæ bu
In Polish, ioioioio
In Portuguese, uooooo /uóóóóó/, uiu uiu uiu, tinóni
In Romanian, ni no ni no
In Russian, wiu-wiu виу-виу or уиу-уиу
In Slovene, uiuiui
In Spanish Wiu Wiu, nino-nino
In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
In Thai, ปี๊ป่อ ปี๊ป่อ (pipo pipo), วี้หว่อ วี้หว่อ (wiwo wiwo)
In Turkish, Daa dii
In Vietnamese, ò e í e

Train whistling

In Afrikaans, toe-toe
In Arabic, toot-toot
In Bulgarian, ту-тууу (tu-tuuu)
In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut
In Chinese, Cantonese, 嗚嗚
In Croatian, ču ču
In Czech, hůůů
In Danish, fut fut
In Dutch, tuutuut
In English, choo, choo, woo woo
In Estonian, tuut tuut
In French, tchou tchou
In Finnish, tuut tuut
In Hebrew, tu-tu טוּ־טוּ
In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
In Indonesian, tuuut, tuuut
In Italian, ciuf ciuf
In Japanese, shuppo shuppo シュッポシュッポ
In Kazakh, чу-чуууу
In Korean, chik chik pok pok 칙칙폭폭
In Latvian, tū tū
In Lithuanian, tū tū
In Marathi, choo-choo चू-चूऽ
In Polish, tu-tuuu
In Portuguese, piuí ^{[por 1]}
In Romanian, u! uuu!
In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу
In Spanish, chu chu
In Swedish, tuut-tuut
In Tagalog, hup
In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
In Thai, ปู๊น ปู๊น (pun pun)
In Turkish, çuv çuv

Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing (buzzing)

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

Electric shock

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

Fire

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

Lightning

In Batak, huist
In English, crack
In German, zack
In Korean, beonjjeok 번쩍
In Marathi, kadaad कडाड
In Thai, เปรี้ยง (priang)

Steam hissing

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

Thunder

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

Water dripping

In Afrikaans, drip
In Arabic, tik tik
In Bengali: টুপ টুপ ṭup ṭup, ঢিপ ঢিপ ḍhip ḍhip
In Bulgarian, cap-cap кап-кап
In Chinese, Cantonese, dihk-dihk 滴滴
In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dá 滴答^{[zho 20]}
In Catalan, plip plip
In Croatian, kap kap
In Czech, kap
In Danish, dryp dryp (dryppe is the verbal), plop plop
In Dutch, drup drup, drip, drop
In English, drip drop, plink plonk
In Estonian, tilks tilks
In Finnish, tip tip
In French, plic plic/ploc
In German, plitsch, platsch, tropf
In Greek, plits plits πλιτς πλιτς, splats splats σπλατς σπλατς
In Hebrew, tif taf טִיף־טַף
In Hindi, tipak, tipak
In Hungarian, csöp-csöp, csip-csöp (csöpp or csepp is also the word for "drop")
In Indonesian, tik tik
In Italian, plin plin
In Japanese, ポツポツ (potsu potsu), pota pota ポタポタ
In Korean, ttokttok 똑똑, ttuk-ttuk 뚝뚝
In Latvian, pik pik
In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap
In Macedonian, cap cap кап кап
In Marathi, tip-tip टिप-टिप
In Persian, ček ček, 'čak čak
In Polish, kap kap (kapać is the verb)
In Portuguese, plim plim, plic plic
In Romanian, pic pic
In Russian, kap kap кап-кап
In Spanish, ploc ploc, pluip pluip
In Swedish, dripp dropp
In Tagalog, tuk tuk tuk
In Tamil, sottu-sottu
In Telugu, tup tup
In Thai, ติ๋ง ๆ (ting ting), แหมะ ๆ (mae mae)
In Turkish, şıp şıp
In Uropi, plok
In Vietnamese, tỏng tỏng, toỏng toỏng, tí tách

White water

In Batak, soook

Wind blowing or waves flowing

In Bengali, ভোঁ bhõ, শন শন shôn shôn, ঝির ঝির jhir jhir
In Bulgarian, fiiuu фииуу
In Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu
In Croatian, fiju
In Czech, fíííí
In Dutch, woesh, woesj
In English, whoo, whoosh, swish, rustle, whine, whizz, whistle, wheeze, howl, zoom, sigh, sough, surf
In Finnish, viuuh
In French, frou-frou, vromb, murmur, hurl
In German, huiiih, wutsch, saus, rausch, wein, schwirr, heul, zoom, surr, seufz
In Greek, fru fru φρού φρού, sfýrigh σφύριγ, url ούρλ, sýrigh σύριγ, thýr θυρ
In Hindi, sarr sarr, saayein saayein
In Hungarian, hiss-huss, huss
In Italian, fiuu, fisch, mormor, url, sussurr
In Japanese, byuu byuu, pyuu pyuu, zawa zawa, soyo soyo
In Korean, wing-wing 윙윙
In Lithuanian, ššš
In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu фуууу фуууу
In Polish, szszszsz, huuuuuu
In Portuguese, Vuuuush
In Romanian, vâj
In Russian, uu-u уу-у
In Spanish, fuuuu fuuuu, fgrrrr frgrrrr, aul, zumb, susurr
In Swedish, svisch
In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
In Telugu, shhhhhhh
In Thai, วิ้ว วิ้ว (wio wio), ฟิ้ว ฟิ้ว (fio fio)
In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling)

Others

Jingling

In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
In Armenian zar zank զար զանկ
In Bengali, rini-jhini
In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹 (吊 means "hang")
In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃,^{[zho 21]} dīng dāng 叮当 ^{[zho 22]}
In Batak, giring, giring
In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш, ding-dong динг-донг
In Croatian, ding dong
In Czech, cinky-cink
In Dutch, doing-doing-doing
In English, clink clank, dingle dangle
In Estonian kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
In Finnish, kilin, helin
In French, ding-dong
In German, klingeling
In Hebrew, ding-dong דִינְג־דוֹנְג^{[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 Polish, dzyń-dzyń
In Romanian, ding-dong
In Russian, din'-don динь-дон dzìnj-dzìnj дзынь-дзынь
In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
In Tagalog, klang klang
In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
In Thai, เคร้ง (kreng), กรุ๊งกริ๊ง (krung kring)
In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur

References

Japanese words

Portuguese words

↑ pt:Trem da alegria

Chinese words

Ukrainian words

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

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