Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Consuming food or drink }, Bodily functions and involuntary sounds } Cries of distress } Interrupted speech } אהה (Ehhh) Expressions of positive emotions }, ==Animal sounds==

Bird sounds Domestic birds }), კუ-კუ Wild birds }, , Mammal sounds Cats and dogs . }, , Equine sounds Animals with cloven hooves Other mammals Other animals == Collisions, bursts, and strikes ==

Balloon or bubble bursting • In Albanian, pau, puf • In Arabic, pakh, poof • In Batak, tak • In Bemba, pobo • In Bengali, phat, phatash • In Bulgarian, puc пук, pa па • In Croatian, puk • In Czech, puf • In Danish, bang, knald • In Dutch, pang, pof, paf, poef • In English, pop, bang • In Estonian, pops • In Finnish, poks, pof, pam • In French, bang, pop • In German, bäng, peng, plop • In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ • In Hindi, thaa, phatt • In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder) • In Indonesian, dor • In Italian, bum • In Japanese, pan • 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 (nasalised o) • In Persian, poloq • In Polish, bum, puk, 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, (po), (pang) • In Turkish, bom • In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire • In Afrikaans, kaboem; boem; ra-tat-tat • In Albanian, pum-pum; bau-bau, ta-ta-ta-ta, du-du-du-du • In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ • In Hindi, dhishumm धिशुम्म, dhishum धिशुम • In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk • In Indonesian, buk, brekk, ''j'derr'' • In Italian, bum, badabeu, patatraf • In Japanese, (gān) • In Korean, kung 쿵 • In Kyrgyz, тарс • In Latin, tuxtax • In Latvian, bum • In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum • In Macedonian, bum бум, pam пам, pum пум, dum дум, très трес • In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk, beng • In Marathi, dhadaam धडाम् • In Polish, bach, bam, bum, łu, łup, trach, trzask • In Portuguese, crash, boom • In Romanian, bum, buf, pac, poc, trosc, zbang • In Russian, bum бум • In Sinhalese, daḍas දඩස් • in Slovene, bum, tresk • In Spanish, bum, catapum, crash • In Swedish, krasch • In Tagalog, ka-boom • In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum • In Thai, (khrom) • In Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam • In Vietnamese, ầm, rầm Door or floor creaking • In Albanian, grr • In Afrikaans, kraak • In Bulgarian, skratz скръц • In Arabic, azeeez أزيـــز • In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec • In Croatian, škrip • In Czech, vrrzzz, skřííííp • In Danish, knirk • In Dutch, kraak • In English, creak • In Estonian, kriiks, kriuks • In Finnish, kriik, narsk, nari nari nari; nirin, narin, nirsk • In French, crac • In German, knarz • In Hindi, charrr • In Hungarian, nyííí • In Indonesian, krieeet • In Italian, criiic, craaac • In Japanese, gī • In Kazakh, shiiq шииқ • In Korean, ppi-geok 삐걱 • In Kyrgyz, кыйч • In Latvian, čīk • In Malay, eeek (keriang-keriut) • In Polish, skrzyp • In Persian, γež-γež غژ غژ • In Romanian, scârț • In Russian, skreep скрип • In Spanish, ñyeec, ñyiic • In Swedish, knarr • In Tagalog, ekk • In Thai, (aet) • In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt • In Uropi, krak • In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, kẽo kẹt Engine back-firing while freewheeling • In Afrikaans, prrr-pa • In Albanian, përr-përr-përr, dum-dum-dum • In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput • In Italian, rrra-tatatatata... • In Malay, prreng prreng • In Polish, pyr pyr pyr • In Romanian, pâr pâr • In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr дыр-дыр-дыр • In Spanish, tac tac tac Knocking • In Albanian, tak-tak, tok-tok, trok-trok • In Arabic, daqqa دَقَّ • In Afrikaans, klop-klop, tok-tok • In Batak, tok-tok-tok • In Bengali, khat khat, takatak, thok thok • In Bosnian, kuc kuc • In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук • In Catalan, toc toc • In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当 • In Croatian, kuc kuc • In Czech, ťuk ťuk • In Danish, bank bank • In Dutch, klop klop • In English, knock knock, bang bang bang • In Finnish, kop kop, tok-tok-tok • In Estonian, kopp kopp • In French, toc toc • In German, klopf klopf • In Greek, τοκ τοκ • In Hebrew, tuq tuq תּוּק־תּוּק • In Hindi, thakk thakk • In Hungarian, kop kop, kip kop • In Icelandic, bank bank • In Indonesian, tok tok • In Italian, toc toc • In Japanese, (kotsu kotsu), kon kon , ton ton • In Korean, ttok ttok 똑똑 • In Latvian, tuk tuk • In Lithuanian, tuk tuk • In Malay, tok tok tok (ketuk) • In Marathi, thak-thak ठक्-ठक् • In Persian, taq-taq • In Polish, stuk-stuk, stuk-puk, puk-puk • In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz • In Romanian, cioc-cioc • In Russian, tuk-tuk тук-тук • In Shona, goh-goh-goi • In Slovenian, tok tok • In Spanish, toc toc, tun tun • In Swedish, knack knack • In Tagalog, tok tok tok • In Thai, (kok kok kok) • In Turkish, tak tak • In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc • In Zulu, nqo nqo nqo Strikes Crunch, сracking (of sticks, bones etc.) • In Afrikaans, Kraak • In Croatian, krc • In Finnish, kräks, krunts, runts, naps, krak, niks, niks naks • In Hindi, kadhak • In Hungarian, reccs • in Polish: chrup, krach, trzask • In Russian, khryas хрясь, khrust хрусть • In Slovenian, škrt (škrtati) • In Turkish, çatır • In Vietnamese, rắc == Machinery ==

Camera shutter • In Albanian, klik • In Afrikaans, klik • In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك • In Basque, klisk • In Batak, ceklek • In Bulgarian, щрак (shtrak) • In Catalan, cx, xic, txc or txic • In Chinese, Mandarin, kā chā咔嚓 • In Croatian, klik • In Czech, cvak • In Danish, klik • In Dutch, klik • In English, click • In Estonian, klõps, plõks • In Finnish, klik • In French, clic • In German, klick • In Hebrew, chik צִ'יק • In Hungarian, klikk • In Italian, clic • In Indonesian, cepret, cekrek • In Japanese, pasha パシャ • In Korean, chalkak 찰칵 • In Kyrgyz, чырк • In Latvian, klik klik • In Malay, cekek cekek • In Nepali, खिचिक्क • In Polish, pstryk, klik klik • In Portuguese, clic clic • In Romanian, clic • In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик • In Slovenian, klik • In Spanish, clic • In Swedish, klick • In Tagalog, klik • In Thai, (chae) • In Turkish, klik, şlak • In Uropi, klik • In Vietnamese, lách cách Car engine revving • In Albanian, vum-vum-vum, përr-përr-përr • In Afrikaans, wroem, broem • In Arabic, hunn hunn هن هــن, aan aan آن آن • In Batak, ngong, ngooongngng • In Bulgarian, bram-bram бръм-бръм • In Catalan, rum, rumm • In Croatian, brum brum, vrum vrum • In Czech, brmmm brmmm • In Danish, vrum vrum, brum brum, nøn nøn • In Dutch, broem, vroem • In English, vroom vroom, broom broom • In Estonian, põrr põrr • In Finnish, vruum vruum, bruum bruum, prööm prööm (spoken) • In French, vroum vroum • In German, brumm brumm, wrumm wrumm • In Hebrew, aan aan אָאן אָאן • In Hungarian, brum brumm • In Indonesian, bremmm bremmm, ngeng ngeng • In Italian, brum brum, vrum vrum • In Japanese, buroro • In Korean, bureung bureung 부릉부릉 • In Malay, ngeng ngeng, brum brum, vrum vrum, preng preng, ngii ngii • In Polish, brummm brummmm • In Portuguese, vruum vruum • In Romanian, vrum vrum • In Russian, rrr ppp ru ru ру ру rum rum рум рум • In Slovenian, brum brum • In Spanish, rue fun • In Swedish, brum • In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy • In Thai, (bruen bruen) • In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), vrın vrın (car) • In Vietnamese, bờ rừm Car horn honking • In Albanian, po-po, ty-ty • In Afrikaans, toet, peep-peep • In Arabic, beeb beep, طيط-طيط ṭiṭ-ṭiṭ • In Batak, tot, tooot • In Bulgarian, bi-biip би-биип • In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc • In Chinese, Mandarin, di di 嘀嘀 or 滴滴 • In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip • In Czech, tů tů • In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt • In Dutch, toet toet • In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot • In Estonian, tuut tuut, piip piip • In Finnish, tööt tööt, tyyt-tyyt • In French, tut-tut • In German, tut • In Greek, bip bip, μπιπ μπιπ • In Hebrew, bip bip בִּיפּ־בִּיפּ • In Hungarian, tü-tű, tü-tűt • In Icelandic. bíb bíb • In Indonesian, din din • In Italian, bip bip, biii biii • In Japanese, pu pū • In Korean, ppang ppang 빵빵 • In Latvian, pī pī • In Lithuanian, pyp pyp • In Malay, pon pon, pot pot, pet pet, pin pin (toy car) • In Marathi, paa-paa पँ-पँ • In Norwegian, bært bært • In Polish, bib-biiib, bip bip, trąb • In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon • 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, tiki-tiki-tiki, dikdok dikdok dikdok • In French, tic tac • In German, tick tack • In Greek, tic tac τικ τακ • In Hebrew, tiq taq תִּיק־תַּק • In Hindi, tic tic • In Hungarian, tik tak • In Icelandic, tik tak • In Indonesian, tik tok • In Italian, tic toc, tic tac • In Japanese, (chikutaku), (kachi kachi) • In Korean ttok-ttak ttok-ttak 똑딱똑딱 • In Latvian, tik tak • In Lithuanian, tik tak • In Macedonian, tic tac тик так • In Malay, tik tok • In Marathi, tik-tik टिक-टिक • In Nepali, clit caqq • In Norwegian tikk takk • In Polish, tik tak, tik tik, tik tok, tyk tyk • In Portuguese, tique-taque, • In Italian, clic clic, tip tap • In Japanese, kata kata • In Latvian, klikš, klab klab • In Malay, tek tek tek tek • In Polish, klik klik • In Russian, klatz-klatz клац-клац • In Spanish, tac tac tac • In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick • In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk • In Thai, (kokkaek) • In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır • In Vietnamese, lạch cạch Match striking • In Albanian, frrap • In Bengali, phash • In English, fwoosh • In Polish: sss, szszsz • In Russian, chirk чирк Telephone ringing • In Albanian, • In Afrikaans, • In Arabic, • In Basque, • In Batak, • In Bengali, • In Bulgarian, • In Catalan, • In Chinese, Mandarin, • In Croatian, • In Czech, • In Danish, , • In Dutch, • In English, ring ring, brrring brrring, ringaling • In Estonian, • In Finnish, ring ring, päläring päläring • In French, • In German, , • In Hungarian, • In Indonesian, • In Italian, • In Japanese, , • In Kazakh, • In Korean, • In Kyrgyz, • In Latvian, • In Lithuanian, , • In Malay, , ( • In Polish, • In Portuguese, • In Romanian, • In Russian, • In Slovenian, drin drin • In Spanish, • In Swedish, • In Tagalog, • In Thai, • In Turkish, • In Vietnamese, Siren wailing • In Albanian, iu-iu-iu, auo-auo • In Afrikaans, pie-pô • In Arabic, wee-wee • In Romanian, u! uuu! • In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу, roo nee pоу-ни • In Slovenian, ču ču • In Spanish, chu chu • In Swedish, tuut-tuut • In Tagalog, hup • In Telugu, koo chuk chuk • In Thai, (pun pun) • In Turkish, düt düüt == Physical and natural phenomena ==

Electric flowing (buzzing) • In Albanian, • In Afrikaans, • In English, bzzz buzz • In Finnish, tzzz, bzzz • In Hebrew, , • In Japanese, • In Korean, • In Latvian, , • In Polish, , dzzz, zzz • In Romanian, • In Spanish, • In Swedish, • In Thai, (tued) Electric shock • In Albanian, zëp, xëp • In Catalan, pssst. • In Croatian, bzzzt • In English, zap • In Filipino, tssst • In Finnish, tsäp, pssäht • In French, zap • In German, zapp • In Japanese, biri , bachi • In Polish, bzyt, bzzt, dzyt, dzzt • In Turkish, bızt Fire • In Albanian, vu-vu-vu • In Afrikaans, knetter • In Basque, su-su • In Dutch, knetter • In English, crackle crackle • In Finnish, riti-räti, ritin-rätin, rätin, rits-räts • In German, knister knister • In Hungarian, rip-rop • In Japanese, Pachi pachi パチパチ • In Korean, 타닥 tadaak • In Polish, mlak (flames), syk, trzask • In Slovene, prsk (prasketati, prsket) • In Swedish, knaster knaster • In Thai, (prueb), (prueb prub) Rain • In English, pitter-patter • In Finnish, tihu tihu, rips rips rips, ripi ripi ripi • In French, plic ploc • In Hebrew, teef taf • In Hungarian, csipp csepp • In Japanese, shito shito しとしと • In Mandarin, xī lì huālā 淅瀝哗啦 • In Russian, kap-kap кап-кап • In Thai, (pau pae) • In Turkish, şakır şakır Thunder • In Albanian, bau, pëtau, përtau, bubu, bubububum • In Basque, burrun • In Batak, huist, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu • In Bengali, kar kar, gur gur • In Catalan, brrum • In English, crack, kaboom, roll, rumble, boom • In Finnish, jyrin, jyrin järin, jylin, brrumm, brombolom, krrak • In German, zack, groll, grummel • In Hebrew, ''b'raq'' • In Hungarian, dörr • In Japanese, goro goro • In Korean, beonjjeok 번쩍 • In Marathi, kadaad कडाड • In Marathi, gad-gad गड्-गड् • In Nepali, गड्याङ-गुडुङ • In Polish, grzmot, huk • In Portuguese, Kabum, buum, boom • In Romanian, bum • In Russian, babakh бабах, tararakh тарарах, trakh-tararakh трах-тарарах • In Slovenian, bum tresk • In Spanish, brum • In Swedish, kabrak, muller • In Tagalog, boom • In Thai, (priang), (kruen kruen) Steam hissing • In Afrikaans, sis • In Albanian, kshhh • In Arabic, fssss • In Catalan, plip plip, tip-tip-tip • In Croatian, kap kap • In Czech, kap • In Danish, dryp dryp (dryppe is the verbal), plop plop • In Dutch, drup drup, drip, drop • In English, drip drop, plink plonk • In Estonian, tilks tilks • In Finnish, tip tip, plip plop, blob blob blob, lits läts • In French, plic plic/ploc • In German, plitsch, platsch, tropf • In Greek, plits plits πλιτς πλιτς, splats splats σπλατς σπλατς • In Hebrew, tif taf טִיף־טַף • In Hindi, tipak, tipak • In Hungarian, csöp-csöp, csip-csöp (csöpp or csepp is also the word for "drop") • In Indonesian, tik tik • In Italian, plin plin, plop plop • In Japanese, (potsu potsu), pota pota • In Korean, ttokttok 똑똑, ttuk-ttuk 뚝뚝 • In Latvian, pik pik, pak pak, pakš pakš • In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap • In Macedonian, cap cap кап кап • In Marathi, tap-tap टप-टप • In Persian, ček ček, čak čak • In Polish, chlap chlap, chlup chlup, 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, (ting ting), (mae mae) • In Turkish, şıp şıp • In Uropi, plok • In Vietnamese, tỏng tỏng, toỏng toỏng, tí tách White water • In Batak, soook • In Finnish, kohin, svuush, jylin (heavy flow), tyrsk, tyrkis (slow flow) Wind blowing or waves flowing • In Albanian, kshh, fëshh • In Bengali, ভোঁ bhõ, শন শন shôn shôn, ঝির ঝির jhir jhir • In Basque, firu-firu • In Bulgarian, fiiuu фииуу • In Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu • In Croatian, fiju • In Czech, fíííí • In Dutch, woesh, woesj • In English, whoo, whoosh, swish, rustle, whine, whizz, whistle, wheeze, howl, zoom, sigh • In Finnish, viuuh, viuh vauh, vuush, fiuuh; loisk loisk, liti-läti, lipi lapi • In French, frou-frou, vromb, murmur, hurl • In German, huiiih, wutsch, saus, rausch, wein, schwirr, heul, zoom, surr, seufz • In Greek, fru fru φρού φρού, sfýrigh σφύριγ, url ούρλ, sýrigh σύριγ, thýr θυρ • In Hindi, sarr sarr, saayein saayein • In Hungarian, hiss-huss, huss • In Italian, fiuu, fisch, mormor, url, sussurr • In Japanese, byuu byuu, pyuu pyuu, zawa zawa, soyo soyo • In Korean, wing-wing 윙윙 • In Lithuanian, ššš • In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu фуууу фуууу • In Persian, moj, موج • In Polish, szszszsz, grzmot (waves during storm), huk, huuuuuu, ryk (waves during storm) • 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, (wio wio), (fio fio) • In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu • In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling) == Others ==

Jingling • In Albanian, tring-tring, dring-dring • In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling • In Arabic, خشخش (khashkhash) • In Armenian, zar zank զար զանկ • In Basque, tilin-tilin, tilin-talan • In Batak, giring, giring • In Bengali, rini-jhini • In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш, ding-dong динг-донг • In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹 (吊 means "hang") • In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃, dīng dāng 叮当 • In Croatian, ding dong • In Czech, cinky-cink • In Dutch, tingeling • In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, jingle jangle • In Estonian, kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin • In Finnish, kili-kili-kili, kilin, helin, kilkan-kalkan, kilkati kalkati • In French, ding-dong • In German, klingeling • In Greek, ντινγκ ντανγκ (ding dang) • In Hebrew, ding-dong דִינְג־דוֹנְג • In Hungarian, csing-ling, bim-bam, giling-galang • In Japanese, (chirin chirin), (chīn) • In Korean, dallang dallang 달랑달랑 ttallang ttallang 딸랑딸랑 jjallang jjallang 짤랑짤랑 • In Latvian, dzin dzin • In Macedonian, dang, ding, dong данг, динг, донг • In Malay, ding dong, kring kring • In Polish, dzyń-dzyń • In Romanian, ding-dong • In Russian, ''din'-don динь-дон dzìnj-dzìnj'' дзынь-дзынь • In Spanish, ding ding • In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang • In Tagalog, klang klang • In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila • In Thai, (kreng), (krung kring) • In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur == Music ==

• In Mandarin Chinese, dōng dōng qiāng 咚咚锵 • In Finnish, humpappaa humpappaa, humppa-humppa-tättärää, jumputi-jumputi (in general); töttöröö, tuut tuut, uumpah uumpah (various brass instruments), städät tädää (bugle); pompoti pompoti, däng däng dong (string bass); twäng, tilu-lilu-lilu (various electric guitars), rämpyti-rämpyti (acoustic guitar); pimputi pimputi (piano); kriik-krääk (violin); bumtsi bam bumtsi bam bam, bum bum zak (drum set) ==References== Arabic words Chinese words Croatian words Danish words English words French words Georgian words German words Greek words Hebrew words Italian words Japanese words Marathi words Portuguese words Spanish words Ukrainian words Urdu words ==External links==