Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Sinhala is written in a non-Latin script. Sinhala text used in this article is transliterated into the Latin script according to the ISO 15919 standard.

Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many cross-linguistic cognates of onomatopoetic sounds. The following is a list of some conventional examples:

1 Human Sounds
2 Animals Sounds
3 Collisions, Bursts & Strikes
4 Machinery
5 Physical and natural phenomena
6 Others
- 6.1 Jingling
7 References
8 External links

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Human Sounds

Baby crying

In Albanian, ua-ua
In Batak, nguek nguek
In Catalan, anguèè
In Chinese, Mandarin, wā wā 哇哇^{[zho 1]}
In Czech, bé bé [bɛː]
In English, wah-wah^{[eng 1]}
In Finnish, 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 Korean, eung'ae-eung'ae 응애-응애
In Polish, łee
In Portuguese, buá buá
In Romanian, oa-oa, ue-ue
In Russian, ua-ua уа-уа
In Spanish, buá buá
In Thai u-wae u-wae อุแว้ อุแว้
In Turkish, ıngaa
In Vietnamese, oa oa, oe oe

Bite

In Czech, chřup [xr̝up], chroup [xroup]
In English, chomp, munch
In Estonian, amps
In Finnish, rousk
In German, mampf
In Indonesian, krauk
In Japanese, musha-musha むしゃむしゃ ^{[jpn 2]}
In Russian, khrum хрум
In Slovak, chrum
In Thai ngab งับ
In Turkish, hart, hurt
In Vietnamese, ngoạm

Burp

In Batak, org
In Czech, krk
In Danish, bøvs
In English, burp
In Finnish, röyh
In French, rot
In German, rülps
In Hebrew, greps גְּרֶפְּס
In Indonesian, erk
In Italian, rutt
In Korean, kkeo-eok 꺼억
In Latin, ruct
In Slovak, grg
In Swedish, rap
In Vietnamese, ợ
In Dutch, boer

Fart

In Batak, put
In Czech, prd
In English, fart, poot, toot
In Finnish, prut, prööt
In French, prout
In German, pups
In Hebrew, pook פּוּק
In Indonesian, pret, prett, tuut
In Italian, prot
In Japanese, bu ぶっ
In Russian, pook пук
In Thai pood ปู้ด

Food being eaten

In Arabic, humm
In Batak, nyaum nyaum
In Bulgarian, am am ам ам
In Czech, ham, ňam ňam [ɲam]
In Danish, nam nam, mam mam
In Dutch, jam jam
In English yum yum, om nom nom
In Catalan, nyam nyam
In Croatian, njam njam
In Finnish, nam nam
In Estonian, näm näm, nämm nämm
In Tagalog, nam nam
In French, miam miam
In German, mampf mampf
In Hebrew, amm amm אָממ אָממ
In Hungarian, 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, jjub jjub 쩝쩝
In Latvian, ņam ņam
In Lithuanian, niam niam
In Polish, mniam mniam, chrup chrup (if hard)
In Portuguese, nham nham
In Romanian, miam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleasc
In Russian, am ам (quick), njam-njam ням-ням
In Slovak, mňam, ham
In Spanish, ñam ñam
In Swedish, nam nam
In Thai ngam ngam ง่ำ ง่ำ
In Turkish, ham hum, nam nam
In Vietnamese, măm măm, nhăm nhăm, nhồm nhoàm, chàm chạp

Heart beating

In Arabic, bom bom
In Batak, bar-bar-bar
In Bengali: দুরদুর durdur, দুড়দুড় duṛduṛ
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 Czech, buch buch
In Danish, bank bank
In Dutch, boenk boenk, boem boem
In English, thump thump, ba boom, ba bump
In Estonian, tuks tuks
In French, bom bom, poum poum
In Finnish, tu-tum, pu-pum
In German, ba-dumm, bumm bumm
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 Korean, doogeun doogeun 두근두근
In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
In Macedonian, tup tup туп туп
In Norwegian, dunk dunk
In Polish, bum bum, bu-bum
In Portuguese, tun-tum
In Russian, "tuc-tuc" тук-тук
In Spanish, bum bum bum
In Swedish, dunk dunk
In Tagalog, dub dub, dub dub
In Tamil, lappu-tappu
In Tamil, lab-dab
In Thai toop toop ตุ้บ ตุ้บ
In Turkish, dup dup, küt küt
In Vietnamese, thình thịch, bình bịch

Hushing

In Chinese, Mandarin, shī 嘘^{[zho 3]}
In Czech, pš [pʃ]
In Dutch shh
In English hush, shh
In Estonian kuss kuss
In Finnish, shh
In French chut chut
In German pst, pscht
In Greek: shh σσσ, shhut σσουτ
In Icelandic uss
In Hebrew, shh שְשש
In Japanese, shh しーっ
In Russian, ts-s тс-с, sh-sh ш-ш, tsyts! цыц!
In Spanish chitón cht
In Thai ju ju จุ๊จุ๊

Kiss

In Albanian, mpuq
In Arabic, mwa
In Batak, ummah
In Bengali: চুমা chuma (noun)
In Bosnian, cmok or pusa
In Bulgarian, tzun цун
In Catalan, muà
In Chinese, Mandarin: boh 啵 (This word is a modern creation)^{[citation needed]}
In Danish, møs, smæk
In Dutch, smak
In English: mwah, smooch
In Estonian mopsti
In Tagalog, tsup or mwah
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 Korean: jjohk 쪽
In Lithuanian, pakšt
In Macedonian, tsmoc цмок
In Malayalam, umma:
In Navajo, ts'oos, k'oos
In Norwegian, smask
In Persian, mua
In Polish, cmok
In Portuguese, splish splash, smac, chuac
In Romanian, smac, ţoc, mua
In Russian, chmoc чмок
In Sinhalese, umma උම්ම
In Slovak, cmuk
In Slovene, cmok
In Spanish, mua or muac, chuik (South America)
In Swedish, smack
In Tamil, umma
In Telugu, umma
In Thai joop จุ้บ
In Turkish, muck /mudʒ(u)k/
In Ukrainian, tsiom цьом
In Vietnamese, chụt

Laughter

In Arabic hà hà hà, hee hee
In Batak, kakak
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]}
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, hahah, heh heh, hohoho, (tee)heehee
In Estonian, haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi
In Finnish, haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi, hihhih (girly)
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
In Italian, ah, ah, eh, eh, ih, ih, uh, uh
In Japanese, フフ (fu fu)
In Korean, hahaha 하하하, kekeke 케케케
In Latvian, ha ha
In Lithuanian, cha cha
In Nepali, ha, ahaha
In Polish, hahaha, hihi, hehe, hohoho
In Portuguese, hahaha, huahuahua, kakaka
In Romanian, ha-ha
In Russian, haha хаха, hihi хихи, hèhè хехе
In Spanish, jajaja, jejeje
In Tagalog, hahaha, hehehe, hihihi
In Thai hahaha, ฮ่าๆๆ
In Turkish, haha, hehe, hihi (girly), kikir (girly, sarcastic), hoho (sarcastic)
In Vietnamese, ha ha, hi hi, hô hô

Scream

In Albanian, au, of, uf
In Arabic, -aij أي
In Azerbaijani, uf
In Batak, alale
In Belarusian, aj ай
In Bulgarian, aj ай, au ау, ox ох, oj ой
In Catalan, ai, au, ui, uix
In Croatian and Serbian, jao, joj
In Czech, au, jau
In Danish, av
In Dutch, au, auw
In English, ow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes
In Estonian, ai, oi
In Filipino, aray
In Finnish, au, ai, auts
In French, aïe, ouille
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
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 Korean, ah 아, aya 아야
In Latvian, vai, aū
In Lithuanian, ai, oi
In Macedonian, uf уф
In Malay, aduh
In Navajo, ayá
In Nepali, bzzt, bzzzzzzzt
In Norwegian au
In Pashtu, ooauy, why
In Persian, àx اخ, wàx واخ
In Polish, auuu, auć, aj
In Portuguese, ai, au, ui
In Romanian, au, ai, aa, ah
In Russian, oy ой, ay ай, okh ох
In Slovak, au
In Slovenian, auch auč
In Spanish, au, ay
In Swedish, aj, oj
In Tagalog, aray, aruy
In Thai, oj อุ๊ย, ojtaaj อุ๊ยตาย, oo-j โอ๊ย
In Turkish, ah, ahh, of, öf, üf, ciyak
In Ukrainian, aj ай, joj йой, oj ой
In Urdu, -ààh آہ, ooauy
In Vietnamese, a, á, ối, oái
In Yiddish, oi וי

Shriek

In Batak, ei
In Dutch, iek
In English, yagh, gah, eek, yikes
In Finnish, iik
In Japanese, kyaa きゃあ ^{[jpn 6]}
In Russian, wi-i-i уи-и-и (of pig)

Sneeze

In Arabic, atchu
In Batak, atcim
In Bengali, hach-chu
In Bulgarian, apchix апчих
In Catalan, atxum!, atxís, atxim.
In Chinese, Cantonese, hāt-chī 乞嗤
In Chinese, Mandarin, ā tì 阿嚏^{[zho 7]}
In Czech, hepčí [ˈɦɛpt͡ʃiː]
In Danish, atju, hatju
In Dutch, Hatsjoe!
In English, 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, әпшху
In Korean, etchi 에치
In Latvian, apčī
In Lithuanian, apčiū, apči
In Macedonian, apchixa! апчиха!
In Norwegian aatsjoo
In Persian,achu
In Polish, a-psik!
In Portuguese, atchim!, atchô!
In Romanian, hapciu!
In Russian, apchkhi! Апчхи
In Sinhalese, hacis හචිස්
In Slovak, hapčí
In Slovene, ačih, ačiha
In Spanish, ¡Achu!,¡Achís!or ¡Achú!
In Swedish, atjoo!
In Tagalog, hatsing
In Tamil, A-Choo
In Thai, hud-chei ฮัดเช่ย
In Turkish, hapşu
In Vietnamese, hắt xì, ắt xì

Snoring

In Batak, korrrr
In Chinese, Mandarin, hū lu 呼噜^{[zho 8]}
In Czech, chrrr
In English, zzz
In Finnish, kroohpyyh
In French, Ron pchi
In Hebrew, xrrr חְררר
In Japanese, gu-gu ぐうぐう ^{[jpn 8]}
In Russian, khrrr хр-р-р
In Thai klok-fee ครอกฟี้, "klok klok"ครอก ครอก
In Vietnamese, khò, khò khò

Stuttering

In Batak, a-ak
In Bengali: থৎমৎ thôtmôt, তৎলানো tôtlano (verb)
In Hebrew, gimgum גִּמְגּוּם
In Romanian, bâlb-bâlb
In Sinhalese, bäk bäk බැක් බැක්
In Tagalog, sasasasa
In Turkish, kekelemek
In Vietnamese, lắp bắp

Throat swallowing

In Batak, guk
In Danish, slurk
In Dutch, slik
In English, gulp
In Finnish, glup
In German, schluck
In Indonesian, glek
In Japanese, goku ごくっ ^{[jpn 9]}
In Korean, 꿀꺽
In Thai euk euk อึกอึก
In Turkish gulp
In Polish gul gul
In Russian, glyg глыг

Tooth brushing

In Chinese, Mandarin, shua 唰^{[citation needed]}
In Danish, shishoshisho
In Hebrew, tzix-tzuax צִחְצוּחַ
In Japanese, ゴシゴシ (goshi goshi)
In Korean, chi-ka chi-ka 치카치카
In Polish szuru szuru, szuru buru
In Spanish, ¡chiqui chiqui!

Yawning

In Czech, zív
In English, yawn
In French, ouaaah
In German, gähn
In Polish, ziew
In Thai how หาว

Animals Sounds

Bee buzzing

In Batak, ngung-ngung
In Chinese, Mandarin, wēng wēng 嗡嗡^{[zho 9]}
In Czech, bzzz
In English, bzzz
In rural English (as mentioned in Joel Chandler Harris' "Uncle Remus" stories), zoon
In Estonian summ-summ-summ
In Finnish, surr
In German, sum
In Hebrew, bzzz בְּזזז, zum zum זוּם־זוּם
In Hungarian, zümm
In Romanian, bâzzz
In Russian, zhzhzh жжж
In Spanish, zum
In Turkish, vızz

Bird singing

In Albanian ciu-ciu
In Arabic siqsiq سِقسِق, ziqziq زِقزِق, ghird غِرد, ziw ziw ziw زِيد زِيد زِيد
In Basque (Euskara), txio txio
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 Czech, píp píp, cvrliki
In Danish, pip pip
In Dutch, twiet twiet, tjierp, tjielp
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 csip
In Icelandic, "bíbí"
In Indonesian, "cit-cit"
In Italian, cip cip, pio pio (chick)
In Japanese, it varies: (chick) ピヨピヨ (piyo piyo), ひいひい (hī, hī)
In Korean, jjek jjek 짹짹
In Latvian, čiu čiu
In Lithuanian, čik čirik, čyru vyru
In Macedonian, churulic churulic чурулик чурулик
In Malayalam, "coo coo"
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 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, "jib jib" จิ๊บ จิ๊บ
In Turkish, cik cik /dʒik dʒik/
In Vietnamese, chíp chíp

Cat meowing

In Albanian, mjau-mjau
In Arabic, muwà- مُواَء
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 Czech, mňau [mɲau]
In Danish, mjau, mjav, miau, miav
In Dutch, miauw, mauw
In English, meow [miˈaʊ], miaow (UK), mew [mjuː]
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, miàwu 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 Korean, yaong 야옹
In Latgalian, ņau ņau
In Latvian, mjau
In Lithuanian, miau
In Macedonian, mjau мјау
In Malayalam, myaoo myaoo
In Norwegian mjau
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, miaw เมี๊ยว
In Turkish, miyav
In Ukrainian, niav няв
In Urdu, meow[1]
In Vietnamese, meo

Chicken clucking

In Arabic, qur qur قرقر, baq baq baiq بق بق بيق
In Batak, kotek-kotek
In Czech, kokodák
In Danish, kuk kuk, gok gok
In Dutch, tok tok tok
In English, cluck cluck cluck,"bawk bawk b'gawk"
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 Korean, kko kko daek, 꼬꼬댁
In Latgalian, kā kā
In Polish, ko ko
In Romanian, cotcodac
In Russian, ko-ko-ko ко-ко-ко,kud-kuda куд-куда
In Thai kook kook กุ๊กกุ๊ก
In Turkish, gıt-gıt gıdaak
In Vietnamese, (cục ta) cục tác

Cow mooing

In Arabic, moo, ngoah
In Bulgarian, muu муу
In Chinese, Mandarin, mōu 哞^{[zho 12]}
In Czech, bůů
In Danish, muh
In Dutch, boe
In English, moo, mew
In French, meuh
In Finnish, ammuu, muu
In Estonian, ammuu, muu
In German, muh
In Greek, mu μoυ
In Hebrew, muuu מוווּ^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, moo
In Hungarian, mú
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 Lithuanian, mū
In Polish, mu
In Portuguese, mu mu
In Romanian, mu
In Russian, mu му
In Slovene, mu
In Spanish, mu
In Swedish, mu
In Tagalog, unga
In Thai mo มอ
In Turkish, mö
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 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
In Italian, cra cra
In Japanese, kaa kaa, gaa gaa
In Kannada, kha-kha
In Korean, kkaak kkaak 까악까악
In Latgalian, krā
In Lithuanian, kar kar
In Macedonian, gra gra гра гра
In Malayalam, kra kra
In Norwegian kra kra'
In Polish, kra kra
In Portuguese, cra cra
In Romanian, cra cra
In Russian, car car 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 Tamil, kaa kaa
In Telugu, kaau kaau
In Thai ga ga กา กา (ga also means a crow)
In Turkish, gaak gaak
In Vietnamese, quạ quạ (quạ also means a crow)

Dog barking

In Albanian, ham ham
In Arabic, haw haw, hab hab
In Batak, kung-kung
In Bengali: gheu gheu ঘেউ ঘেউ, bheu bheu ভেউ ভেউ, bhou bhou ভউ ভউ
In Brazilian portuguese: au au
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 Czech, haf haf
In Danish, vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf
In Dutch, waf waf, woef woef
In English, woof woof, arf arf, bow wow, bark bark, ruff ruff, roof roof
In Estonian, auh auh
In Finnish hau hau, vuh vuh
In French, 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, bow bow
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 Korean, meong meong 멍멍
In Latgalian, vau vau
In Lithuanian, au au
In Macedonian, av av ав ав, dzhav dzhav џав џав
In Malayalam, bau bau
In Norwegian voff voff
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 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, hong hong ฮ่ง ฮ่ง, "bok bok" บ๊อก บ๊อก
In Turkish, hav hav
In Vietnamese, gâu gâu

Dog or wolf howling

In Batak, "auuuuuung..."
In Chinese, Mandarin, háo 嚎^{[zho 15]}
In English, awoooooo...
In French, aoooouuuu...
In Hebrew, awoooooo... אַאווווווּ...‏
In Portuguese, auuuuuu...
In Romanian, auuuuuu...
In Russian, wu-u-u у-у-у…

Donkey braying

In Catalan, i-aaa
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 Hungarian, i-á
In Italian, ih oh
In Polish, iii-haa
In Romanian, i-ha
In Russian, ie-a ии-а
In Turkish, aa-ii

Duck calling

In Albanian, mak-mak
In Batak, kuak-kuak
In Brazilian Portuguese, quá quá
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 16]}, guā guā 呱呱^{[zho 17]}
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, gaqh gaqh 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 Korean, quek quek 꽥꽥
In Lithuanian, kva kva
In Macedonian, cva cva ква ква
In Nepali, braaaq caaq
In Norwegian kvakk kvakk
In Polish, kwa kwa kwa
In Portuguese, quá quá, quak quak
In Romanian, mac mac
In Russian, crja crja кря-кря
In Spanish, cua cua
In Swedish, kvack kvack
In Tagalog, kwak kwak
In Tamil, kua kua
In Thai gaab gaab ก๊าบ ก๊าบ
In Turkish, vak vak
In Vietnamese, cạp cạp

Eagle soaring

In Batak, kuliii-kulikuk

Frog croaking

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

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 18]}
In Czech, kvá kvá
In Danish: kvæk kvæk, græbæk
In Dutch: kwaak kwaak
In English, ribbit ribbit
In Estonian krooks krooks
In Finnish kurr kurr, kroak
In French, croac croac
In Galician, cro cro
In German, quaak
In Greek, brececececs coacs coacs (ancient, likely Rana ridibunda), cuacs cuacs κουάξ κουάξ
In Hebrew, qwà qwà קְוָה־קְוָה^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, tarr tarr
In Hungarian, brekeke, brekk
In Italian, cra cra
In Japanese, ケロケロ (kero kero)
In Korean, gaegool gaegool 개굴개굴
In Latgalian, kvak kvak, kvā kvā, kvarr kvarr
In Lithuanian, kva kva
In Macedonian, crè crè кре кре
In Norwegian, kvekk kvekk
In Polish, kum kum, rech rech
In Portuguese, croac croac
In Romanian, oac oac
In Russian, cva cva 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, rab-it rab-it
In Tagalog, kokak kokak
In Telugu, beka beka
In Thai, ohb ohb อ๊บ อ๊บ
In Turkish, vrak vrak
In Vietnamese, ồm ộp, ộp ộp

Goose calling

In Arabic, quack quack, kwak kwak كواك كواك
In Catalan, cuac cuac
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 Italian, qua qua
In Japanese, ガーガー (gā gā)
In Korean, kkwak-kkwak 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 Catalan, hiiiihiii
In Czech, íí-hahahá
In Danish, vrinsk
In Dutch, niiii, hiiii
In English, neigh, whinny
In Estonian, ii-ha-haa
In Finnish, ii-ha-haa
In French, hiii hiii
In German, wieher
In Hebrew, hii hii הִי־הִי^{[heb 4]}
In Hindi, hin-hina
In Hungarian, nyihaha
In Italian, iiiii
In Japanese, ヒーン (hīn)
In Korean, hiing 히잉
In Latin, hinni
In Lithuanian, yhaha
In Persian, tâp tâp
In Polish, iiii-haaa
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 hii hii ฮี้ฮี้
In Turkish, ih-hi-i-i
In Vietnamese, hí hí hí

Lion roaring

In Catalan, arrrr, roarrr
In Chinese, Mandarin, hǒu 吼^{[zho 19]}
In English, roar
In Tagalog, awoo
In French, roarrr
In Finnish, mur
In Italian, roar
In Indonesia, aum
In Korean, uh-heung 어흥
In Romanian, grrrrr
In Turkish, ravr

Monkey chatting

In English, oo-ooh a-aah
In Hebrew, -u-u a-àh אוּ־אוּ אַ־אָה
In Japanese, u-ki-u-ki
In Thai, jeak jeak เจี้ยกเจี้ยก

Owl hooting

In Czech, hůůů
In English, twit twoo (AUS), hoo hoo, who? who?
In Estonian uhuu
In Finnish, huhuu
In German, hu hu
In Hebrew, hu-huuu הוּ־הוווּ
In Romanian, hu-huuu
In Russian, ugu угу, ukhu уху
In Turkish, gu guk guuk (goo gook goook)

Pig grunting

In Bulgarian, grux grux грух грух
In Catalan, oinc oinc
In Czech, kvík kvík
In Danish, øf øf
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 Hebrew, -oinq -oinq אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק^{[heb 4]}, xrr xrr חְרר־חְרר^{[heb 4]}
In Hungarian, röf röf
In Indonesian, grok grok
In Italian, oink oink
In Japanese, プヒプヒ (puhi puhi)
In Korean, ggul ggul 꿀꿀
In Latgalian, ruk ruk, kvī kvī
In Lithuanian, kvy kvy, kvykt kvykt
In Polish, kwi kwi
In Portuguese, ronc ronc
In Romanian, groh groh
In Russian, xrju xrju хрю-хрю
In Spanish, oinc oinc
In Swedish, nöff nöff
In Tagalog, ngok ngok
In Thai ud ud อู๊ด อู๊ด
In Vietnamese, ụt ụt, ụt ịt, ỉn ỉn, ủn ỉn
In Welsh, soch soch

Rooster crowing

In Albanian, kikiriku
In Arabic, kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo
In Armenian, tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo
In Bengali, Kuk-ku-ruk-kooo
In Bulgarian, cucurigu кукуригу
In Carlish, arh-ah-ariihhr
In Catalan, quic quiriquic
In Chinese, Mandarin, o o o 噢噢噢^{[citation needed]}
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 Italian, chicchirichi
In Japanese, コケコッコー (kokekokkō)
In Korean, gugugugu 구구구구, "ggo-ggee-oh" 꼬끼오
In Latgalian, kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō
In Latvian, kikerigū
In Lithuanian, kakarykū, kakariekū
In Macedonian, cucuricu кукурику
In Nepali, kukhuri kaa
In Norwegian kykkeliky
In Polish, kukuryku
In Portuguese, cocoroco, cocorico
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, cocoricó
In Sundanese, kongkorongok
In Swedish, kuckeliku
In Tagalog, tiktilaok
In Tamil, kokkara-ko-ko
In Telugu, kokkaro-ko
In Thai aek ee aek aek เอ้กอี้เอ้กเอ้ก
In Turkish, ü-ürü-üüü /yʔyryʔyː/
In Ukrainian, koo-ku-ri-koo кукуріку
In Vietnamese, ò ó o (oooooo)

Sheep bleating

In Arabic, mbaa امباع
In Catalan, bèè, mèè
In Chinese, Mandarin, miē 咩^{[zho 20]}
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 German, mäh
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 Korean language, Eum-Meh 음매
In Lithuanian, be
In Norwegian, bæ
In Polish, beee
In Portuguese, meh
In Romanian, meee, beee
In Russian, beh бее-е
In Spanish, be
In Swedish, bä
In Thai ngam ngam แบะแบะ
In Turkish, mee
In Vietnamese, be be (the same as a goat's)

Snake hissing

In Czech, sss
In English, hiss, sss
In French, siff
In German, zisch
In Hebrew, sss סְסס
In Italian, sibilo
In Romanian, sss
In Spanish, sise
In Turkish, sss

Collisions, Bursts & Strikes

Balloon or bubble bursting

In Albanian, çpuf, puf
In Arabic, boof
In batak. "tak"
In Bulgarian, puc пук
In Czech, puf
In Danish, bang, knald
In Dutch, pang, pof, paf
In English, pop, poof
In Estonian pops
In French, bang, hop
In Finnish, poks
In German, plop
In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
In Hindi, thaa
In Hungarian, pukk
In Indonesian, dor
In Italian, bum
In Korean, bbang 빵, bbung 뻥, pang 팡, pung 펑
In Lithuanian, pokšt
In Macedonian, pau пау
In Navajo, dǫǫn (nasalized o)
In Polish, bum, pyk
In Portuguese, pá, boom
In Romanian, poc
In Russian, bakh бах
In Serbian, puk
In Slovene, pok
In Spanish, pop
In Swedish, poff
In Tagalog, pop
In Thai, poh โป๊ะ
In Turkish, bom
In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp

Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

In Albanian, pam; tak
In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ
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 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
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
In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
In Indonesian, dor,
In Italian, bum; bang
In Japanese, バーンバーン (bān bān)
In Kannada, dum, dhaam
In Kazakh, bydyrsch быдырщ
In Korean, bbang 빵
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
In Macedonian, bum бум; pau пау; ra ta ta ta ра та та та
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; ta-ta-ta та-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, dhaam
In Thai, tam ตูม; pang ปัง
In Turkish, bom; bam, dıkşınyaa (by kids)
In Vietnamese, đoàng (louder); pằng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)

Crash

In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh
In Bengali: ṭhash ঠাস, ṭhush ঠুস, dhum ধুম, dham ধাম
In Bulgarian, bum бум, dum дум, trjas тряс
In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
In Chinese, Mandarin, hong 轰^{[citation needed]}
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, koong 쿵
In Latin, tuxtax
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
In Macedonian, bum бум, pam пам, pum пум, dum дум, très трес
In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk
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 Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam
In Vietnamese, ầm, rầm

Door or floor creaking

In Arabic, azeeez أزيـــز
In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec
In Czech, vrrzzz, skřííííp
In Danish, knirk
In Dutch, kraak
In English, creak
In Finnish, kriik, narsk
In French, crac
In German, knarz
In Hindi, charrr
In Italian, cric crac
In Kazakh, shiiq шииқ
In Korean, bbi-guk 삐걱
In Romanian, scârț
In Swedish, knarr
In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt
In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, kẽo kẹt

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput

Knocking

In Batak, tok-tok-tok
In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
In Catalan, toc toc
In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当^{[citation needed]}
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)
In Korean, ddok ddok 똑똑
In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
In Polish, puk-puk
In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque
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 kok kok ก๊อก ก๊อก
In Turkish, tak tak
In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc

Strikes

Dull strike

In English, knock, bump, rap, thud, boom
In German, klopf, plumps, platsch
In Russian, khlop хлоп
In Spanish, toc

Falling strike

In Czech, žuch
In English, plop, splat, thud
In French, floc
In German, plumps, patsch
In Russian, shlyop шлёп
In Spanish, plaf, paf
In Vietnamese, bịch

Sharp strike

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 21]}, guang-dang 哐当^{[citation needed]}
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 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 Russian, dzyn’ дзынь, zvyak звяк
In Spanish, tintin, tilín
In Vietnamese, keng, beng

Wet strike

In Catalan, xap, xof, patatxap
In Czech, plesk
In Chinese, Mandarin, ba-ji 啪唧^{[citation needed]}
In English, splash, splish, slosh, splat
In Estonian lärts, plärts
In Finnish, loiskis, mäts
In French, plouf
In German, patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp
In Indonesian, crot
In Romanian, pleosc, fleoșc, fleașc
In Russian, bultykh бултых, plyukh плюх
In Vietnamese, bẹp, phọp

Machinery

Camera shutter

In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك
In Batak, ceklek
In Bulgarian, щрак (shtrak)
In Catalan, cx, cx or txic
In Czech, cvak
In Danish, klik
In Dutch, klik
In English, snap, click, chhk
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 Polish, pstryk, klik klik
In Portuguese, clic clic
In Romanian, clic
In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик
In Spanish, clic
In Swedish, klick
In Thai, chaeh แชะ
In Turkish, klik, şlak
In Vietnamese, lách cách

Car engine revving

In Arabic, hunn hunn هن هــن, aan aan آن آن
In Batak, "ngong, ngooongngng ..."
In Catalan, rum, rumm
In Czech, brmmm brmmm
In Danish, vrum vrum, brum brum, nøn nøn
In Dutch, broem, vroem
In English, vroom vroom, broom broom
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 Korean, bureung bureung 부릉부릉
In Polish, brummm... brummmm...
In Portuguese, vruum vruum
In Romanian, vrum vrum
In Spanish, run run
In Swedish, brum brum
In Thai bruen bruen บรึ๊น บรึ๊น
In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), han han (car)
In Vietnamese, bờ rừm

Car horn honking

In Arabic, beeb beeb
In Batak, "tot, tooot"
In Bulgarian, bi-biip би-биип
In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
In Chinese, Mandarin, di-di 滴滴^{[citation needed]}
In Czech, tů tů
In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt
In Dutch, toet toet
In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot
In Finnish, tööt tööt
In French, tut-tut
In German, tut
In Greek, bip bip, μπιπ μπιπ
In Hebrew, bijp bijp בִּיפּ־בִּיפּ
In Hungarian, tü-tű, tü-tűt
In Indonesian, din din
In Italian, bip bip
In Korean, bbang bbang 빵빵
In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
In Norwegian, bært bært
In Polish, bib-biiib
In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon
In Romanian, bip-bip
In Russian, bi-bi би-би, bi-bip би-бип
In Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
In Swedish, tut tut
In Tagalog, peep peep
In Thai, pin pin ปี๊น ปี๊น
In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim

Clock ticking

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

In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak, ...
In Bulgarian, tic tac тик так
In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dā 嘀嗒^{[zho 22]}
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 ddok-ddak ddok-ddak 똑딱똑딱
In Lithuanian, tik tak
In Macedonian, tic tac тик так
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 tig tog ติ้กตอก
In Turkish, tik tak
In Vietnamese, tích tắc

Keyboard striking

In Batak, tik tik
In Catalan txiquiti-txiquiti, txic txic.
In Czech, klik, ťuk ťuk
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 Polish, klik klik
In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır
In Vietnamese, lạch cạch

Telephone ringing

In Arabic, terren terren تــرن تــرن
In Batak, "riiing, riiing..."
In Bulgarian, zan zan зън зън
In Catalan, ring, ring
In Chinese, Mandarin, ling ling ling
In Czech, crrrrr
In Danish, ring ring, dingeling
In Dutch, tring tring
In English, ring ring, brrring, ringaling, ring-a-ding-dong
In Estonian tirr tirr tirr
In Finnish, ring ring
In French, dring dring[2]
In German, klingeling, klingelingeling
In Hungarian, csing ling
In Indonesian, kring kring
In Italian, drin drin
In Kazakh, shyryl-shyryl шырыл шырыл
In Korean, "dda reu reung dda reu reung" 따르릉 따르릉
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 Catalan, ninu ni. ni no ni no
In Bengali, pay puu
In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na
In Danish, ba bu
In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
In English Nee Naw "Wee-Woo"
In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
In Tagalog, 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
In Italian, nino nino
In Japanese, ピーポピーポ (pīpo pīpo)
In Korean, bbeepo bbeepo 삐뽀 삐뽀
In Macedonian, piu uiu пиу уиу
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 Swedish, Tut tut
In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
In Thai, Pee Por ปี๊ ป่อ, "wi wor" วี้หว่อ
In Turkish, Daa dii
In Vietnamese, ò e í e

Train whistling

In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut.
In Czech, hůůů
In Dutch, tuutuut
In English, choo choo, whoo whoo
In French, tchou tchou
In Finnish, tuut tuut
In Hebrew, tu-tu טוּ־טוּ
In Hungarian, sihuhú
In Indonesian, "tuuut, tuuut"
In Italian, ciuf ciuf
In Kazakh, чу-чуууу
In Korean, chik chik pok pok 칙칙폭폭
In Lithuanian, tū tū
In Polish, tu-tuuu
In Portuguese, piuí ^{[por 1]}
In Romanian, ciu-ciu
In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу
In Spanish, chu chu
In Tagalog, hup
In Thai poon poon ปู๊น ปู๊น
In Turkish, çuv çuv

Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing

In English, bzzz
In Hebrew, bzzz בְּזזז, tzzz טְזְזז

Electric shock

In English, zap
In Finnish, tsäp
In German, zapp
In French, xzite

Lightning

In Batak, huist
In German, zack

Steam hissing

In Batak, ssssss
In English, psss
In Hebrew, psss פְּססס
In Russian, pshshsh пшшш

Thunder

In Batak, rapak, dugu-dugu-dugu ...
In Finnish, jyrin, jylin
In German, groll, grummel
In Russian, tararam тарарам, tram-tararam трам-тарарам

Thunderstorm

In Batak, maturapak

Water dripping

In Arabic, tik tik
In Bengali: টুপ টুপ ṭup ṭup
In Chinese, Cantonese, dihk-dihk 滴滴
In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dá 滴答^{[zho 23]}
In Catalan, plip plip
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)
In Korean, toktok 똑똑, ddook-ddook 뚝뚝
In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap
In Macedonian, cap cap кап кап
In Polish, kap kap (kapać is the verb)
In Portuguese, plim plim, plic plic
In Romanian, pic pic
In Russian, cap cap 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 ting ting ติ๋ง ติ๋ง
In Turkish, şıp şıp
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 Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu
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, whuing-whuing 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, svish
In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
In Thai, view view หวิว หวิว
In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling)

Others

Jingling

In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹 (吊 means "hang")
In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃^{[zho 24]}, dīng dāng 叮当 ^{[zho 25]}
In Batak, "giring, giring"
In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш
In Czech, cinky-cink
In Dutch, doing-doing-doing
In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, wing wang
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 Japanese, チリンチリン (chirin chirin), チーン (chīn)
In Korean, dal-lang dal-lang 달랑-달랑
In Macedonian, dang, ding, dong данг, динг, донг
In Polish, ding dong
In Romanian, ding-dong
In Russian, din'-don динь-дон
In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
In Tagalog, klang klang
In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur

References

Japanese words

Portuguese words

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Chinese words

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