Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

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

Video Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Human sounds

Consuming food or drink

Bodily functions and involuntary sounds

Cries of distress

Interrupted speech

Expressions of positive emotions

Maps Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Animal sounds

Bird sounds

Domestic birds

Wild birds

Mammal sounds

Cats and dogs

Equine sounds

Animals with cloven hoofs

Other mammals

Other animals

Onomatopoeias Translated From Languages Around the World

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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 ???, pa ??
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, pop
In Finnish, poks
In German, baeng, plop
In Greek, bam ????, bum ?????
In Hindi, thaa
In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
In Indonesian, dor
In Italian, bum
In Japanese, pan ???
In Korean, ppang ?, ppeong ?, pang ?, peong ?
In Latvian, bliuk?
In Lithuanian, pok?t
In Macedonian, pau ???
In Marathi, Dhum ????
In Navajo, d??n (nasalized o)
In Persian, poloq
In Polish, bum, pyk
In Portuguese, pá, bum
In Romanian, poc
In Russian, bakh ???
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, b?p, b?p

Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

In Albanian, pam; tak
In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh ??
In Basque, damba damba
In Bengali, goom goom
In Bulgarian, bum ???, kh ??, tatatata ????????
In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà
In Chinese, Mandarin, p?ng ?; ping, pa ?, ?; da da da... ???
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, skkrrt skkrrt, dakka-dakka
In Estonian, põmm, kõmm; pauh, karpauh
In Finnish, pum; pam; ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, rä-tä-tä-tä-tä-tä
In French, boum; pan
In German, bumm, rumms, kawumm; peng, puff, päng; rat-tat-tat-tat
In Greek, cabum, bum ?????, bam ????; bam, pan, piu-piu (mainly by kids); trrrrrr
In Hebrew, bum ?????
In Hindi, thaa
In Hungarian bumm, dörr; ratata, trrrrr
In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
In Indonesian, dor,
In Italian, bum; bang; pum
In Japanese, ?????? (b?n b?n), d?n ???, baky?n ?????
In Kannada, dum, dhaam
In Kazakh, bydyrsch ??????
In Korean, ppang ?
In Latvian, bum
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum, pok?t
In Persian, bang
In Macedonian, bum ???; pau ???; ra ta ta ta ?? ?? ?? ??
In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ?????????, dhishum ?????
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 ??-???; pif-paf ???-???; tra-ta-ta ???-??-??
In Sinhalese, ?isum ??????; ?ung ???; ?aka-?aka-?aka ??-??-??
In Spanish, pum; bang; praca
In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
In Tamil, dishum
In Telugu, dishyoom
In Thai, ??? (tuum, cannon firing); ??? (pang, gunshot)
In Turkish, bom, bam, güm, d?k??nyaa (by kids)
In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
In Vietnamese, ?oàng (louder); p?ng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)

Crash

In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh
In Bengali: ?hash ???, ?hush ???, dhum ???, dham ???, daram, dhapash
In Bulgarian, bum ???, dum ???, trjas ????, pras ????
In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
In Chinese, Mandarin, hong ?
In Croatian, bum, tres
In Czech, ?ach, 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 ????, gcup
In Haitian Creole, bip
In Hebrew, bum ?????, trax ??????
In Hindi, dhishumm ???????, dhishum ?????
In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk
In Indonesian, buk, brekk, j'derr
In Italian, bum
In Japanese, ??? (g?n)
In Korean, kung ?
In Kyrgyz, ????'
In Latin, tuxtax
In Latvian, bum
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
In Macedonian, bum ???, pam ???, pum ???, dum ???, très ????
In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk, beng
In Marathi, dhadaam ?????
In Polish, bum, trach
In Portuguese, crash, boom
In Romanian, bum, buf, pac, poc, trosc, zbang
In Russian, bum ???
In Sinhalese, da?as ????
In Spanish, cuas, pácatelas, pungun
In Swedish, krash
In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum
In Thai, ???? (khrom)
In Turkish, güm, bam, d?k?, çat, pat, zbam
In Vietnamese, ?m, r?m

Door or floor creaking

In Afrikaans, kraak
In Bulgarian, skratz ?????
In Arabic, azeeez ???????
In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec
In Croatian, ?krip
In Czech, vrrzzz, sk?ííííp
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, g? ??
In Kazakh, shiiq ????
In Korean, ppi-geok ??
In Kyrgyz, ????
In Latvian, ??k
In Malay, eeek (keriang-keriut)
In Polish, skrzyp
In Persian, '?e?-?e? ?? ??
In Romanian, scâr?
In Russian, skreep ?????
In Swedish, knarr
In Tagalog, ekk
In Thai, ???? (aet)
In Turkish, g?c?r, g?c?rt
In Uropi, krak
In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, c?t k?t, k?o k?t

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput
In Italian, rrra-tatatatata...
In Malay, prreng prreng
In Romanian, pâr pâr
In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr ???-???-???
In Spanish, tac tac tac

Knocking

In Arabic, daqqa ?????
In Afrikaans, klop
In Batak, tok-tok-tok
In Bengali, khat khat, takatak
In Bulgarian, chuc chuc ??? ???
In Catalan, toc toc
In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang ???
In Croatian, kuc kuc
In Czech, ?uk ?uk
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 ???????????
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 ??
In Latvian, tuk tuk
In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
In Malay, tok tok tok (ketuk)
In Marathi, thak-thak ???-???
In Persian, taq-taq
In Polish, puk-puk
In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz
In Romanian, cioc-cioc
In Russian, tuk-tuk ???-???
In Spanish, toc toc
In Swedish, knack knack
In Tagalog, tok tok tok
In Thai, ???? ? ? (kok kok kok)
In Turkish, tak tak
In Vietnamese, c?c c?c, c?c c?c
In Zulu, nqo nqo nqo

Strikes

Dull strike

In Afrikaans, doef
In Bulgarian, toup ???, khlop ????
In Danish, bump, dunk
In English, knock, bump, rap, thud, boom
In Finnish, tök, pöksis
In German, klopf, plumps, platsch
In Japanese, don ??, zun ??
In Korean, peok ?
In Persian, b?mp
In Polish, ?up
In Portuguese, puf, pluft, pum
In Russian, bats ???
In Romanian, buf!
In Spanish, toc
In Thai, ??? (tueng), ???? (tueng)

Falling strike

In Afrikaans, plof
In Bulgarian, plyos ?????, shlyap ????
In Croatian, pljas
In Czech, ?uch
In English, plop, splat, thud, thunk
In French, floc
In German, plumps, patsch
In Hungarian, puff, paff
In Japanese, potori ???
In Korean, teok ?
In Persian, d?mb
In Portuguese, ploft, paft, catapluft, pimba
In Romanian, pleosc, fleo?c
In Russian, khlop ???? shlyop ????
In Spanish, plaf, paf
In Tagalog. blag, bug
In Thai, ???? (khrohm)
In Vietnamese, b?ch

Sharp strike

In Afrikaans, klingel, kletter
In Bulgarian, dzun ????
In Catalan, cling. clang, cataclinc-cataclanc
In Czech, cink
In Chinese, Cantonese, bìhng-l?ng baang-làahng ????
In Chinese, Mandarin, ku?ng l?ng ??, guang-dang ??
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 ????????
In Japanese, ??? (k?n)
In Korean, jjaeng ?, ting ?
In Persian, jiring
In Portuguese, pim, plim
In Russian, dzyn' ?????, zvyak ????, klatz ????
In Spanish, tintin, tilín
In Thai, ???? (ting), ???? (ping)
In Vietnamese, keng, beng

Wet strike

In Afrikaans, plons, plas, spat
In Bulgarian, plyok ?????
In Catalan, xap, xof, patatxap
In Croatian, ?ljap
In Czech, plesk
In Chinese, Mandarin, ba-ji ??
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 ????
In Korean, cheolpudeok ???, cheolpeok ??
In Kyrgyz, ????
In Malay, trushh, shushh, pishh
In Persian, ?olop-?olop, pe?enge
In Polish, plask
In Portuguese, tchibum
In Romanian, pleosc, fleo?c, flea?c
In Russian, bultykh ??????, plyukh ????
In Swedish, plask
In Tagalog, plok
In Thai, ????? (plo), ???? (plae)
In Uropi, plac
In Vietnamese, b?p, ph?p

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Machinery

Camera shutter

In Afrikaans, klik
In Arabic, chic chic ??? ???
In Batak, ceklek
In Bulgarian, ???? (shtrak)
In Catalan, cx, cx or txic
In Chinese, Mandarin, k? ch???
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 ??'??
In Hungarian, klikk
In Italian, clic
In Indonesian, klik
In Japanese, pasha ???
In Korean, chalkak ??
In Kyrgyz, ????
In Latvian, klik klik
In Malay, cekek cekek
In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
In Portuguese, clic clic
In Romanian, clic
In Russian, shchyolk ????, chik ???
In Spanish, clic
In Swedish, klick
In Tagalog, klik
In Thai, ??? (chae)
In Turkish, klik, ?lak
In Uropi, klik
In Vietnamese, lách cách

Car engine revving

In Afrikaans, wroem, broem
In Arabic, hunn hunn ?? ????, aan aan ?? ??
In Batak, ngong, ngooongngng
In Bulgarian, bram-bram ????-????
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 ???? ????
In Hungarian, brum brumm
In Italian, brum brum
In Japanese, buroro ???
In Korean, bureung bureung ????
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 ?? ?? rum rum ??? ???
In Spanish, 'rue fun
In Swedish, brum
In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy
In Thai, ????? ? (bruen bruen)
In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), vr?n vr?n (car)
In Vietnamese, b? r?m

Car horn honking

In Afrikaans, toet
In Arabic, beeb beep, ???-??? ?i?-?i?
In Batak, tot, tooot
In Bulgarian, bi-biip ??-????
In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
In Chinese, Mandarin, ba ba ??
In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip
In Czech, t? t?
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, ???? ????
In Hebrew, bip bip ?????????????
In Hungarian, tü-t?, tü-t?t
In Indonesian, din din
In Italian, bip bip
In Japanese, pu p? ???
In Korean, ppang ppang ??
In Latvian, p? p?
In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
In Malay, pon pon, pot pot, ,pet pet, pin pin (toy car)
In Marathi, paa-paa ??-??
In Norwegian, bært bært
In Polish, bib-biiib
In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon
In Romanian, tiiit! ti-ti!
In Russian, bi-bi ??-??, bi-bip ??-???
In Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
In Swedish, tut tut
In Tagalog, bip bip
In Telugu, poy ppoy
In Thai, ???? ? (pin pin)
In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
In Uropi, tut
In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim

Clock ticking

In Afrikaans, tik-tok
In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak
In Bengali, tik tik
In Bulgarian, tic tac ??? ???
In Chinese, Mandarin, d? d? ??
In Croatian, tik tak
In Czech, tik ?ak
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 ??? ???
In Hebrew, tiq taq ??????????
In Hindi, tic tic
In Hungarian, tik tak
In Indonesian, tik tok
In Italian, tic tac
In Japanese, ???? (chikutaku), ???? (kachi kachi)
In Korean ttok-ttak ttok-ttak ????
In Latvian, tik tak
In Lithuanian, tik tak
In Macedonian, tic tac ??? ???
In Malay, tik tok
In Marathi, tik-tik ???-???
In Nepali, clit caqq
In Norwegian tikk takk
In Polish, tik tak
In Portuguese, tique-taque
In Romanian, tic tac
In Russian, tic-tac ???-???
In Slovene, tik tak
In Spanish, tic tac
In Swedish, tick tack
In Tagalog, tik tak tik tak
In Tamil, tik tik
In Thai, ???????? (tiktok)
In Turkish, tik tak
In Vietnamese, tích t?c
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 Hungarian, csing-ring
In Italian, din don
In Japanese, ????? (pinp?n)
In Malay, ding dong, ting tong
In Marathi, ting-tong ????-????
In Polish, dzy?-dzy?
In Portuguese, ding dong
In Romanian, ?âr ?âr
In Russian, din-don ???-???
In Swedish, ding dong, pling plong
In Tagalog, ding dong
In Thai, ???????? (ting tong), ????????? (ting nong),
In Italian, din don

Keyboard striking

In Batak, tik tik
In Bulgarian, trak-trak ????-????
In Catalan txiquiti-txiquiti, txic txic.
In Czech, klik, ?uk ?uk
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, ?????????????
In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
In Japanese, kata kata ????
In Latvian, klik?, klab klab
In Malay, tek tek tek tek
In Polish, klik klik
In Russian, klatz-klatz ????-????
In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick
In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
In Thai, ???????? (kokkaek)
In Turkish, t?k? t?k? t?k?, t?k?r t?k?r
In Vietnamese, l?ch c?ch

Match striking

In Bengali, phash
In Russian, chirk ????
In English, fwoosh

Telephone ringing

In Afrikaans, trieng trieng
In Arabic, terren terren ????? ?????
In Batak, riiing, riiing...
In Bengali, kring, kring
In Bulgarian, zan zan ??? ???
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[1]
In German, klingeling, klingelingeling
In Hungarian, csing ling
In Indonesian, kring kring
In Italian, drin drin
In Japanese, jiriririri(n) ?????(?)
In Kazakh, shyryl-shyryl ????? ?????
In Korean, ttareureung ttareureung ??? ???
In Kyrgyz, ????
In Latvian, dzin dzin
In Lithuanian, dzin dzin, dzin dzilin
In Malay, kring kring, trut trut (berdering)
In Polish, dry? dry?
In Portuguese, trimm
In Romanian, ?âr-?âr
In Russian, dzyn'-dzyn' ?????-?????
In Spanish, rin rin
In Swedish, ring ring
In Tagalog, kring kring
In Thai, kring kring ????? ?????
In Turkish, z?r z?r
In Vietnamese, reng

Siren wailing

In Afrikaans, pie-pô
In Arabic, wee-wee
In Bengali, pay puu
In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na
In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu ???-??-???-??
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 ???-???
In Hungarian, nínó, nénó
In Italian, nino nino
In Japanese, ???????? (p?p? p?p?)
In Korean, ppippo ppippo ?? ??
In Latvian, ?-?
In Macedonian, piu uiu ??? ???
In Malay, nino nino, iyo iyo
In Minions, mi naw mi naw
In Norwegian, Bæ bu bæ bu
In Polish, ioioioio
In Portuguese, uooooo /uóóóóó/, uiu uiu uiu, tinóni
In Romanian, ni no ni no
In Russian, wiu-wiu ???-??? or ???-???
In Slovene, uiuiui
In Spanish Wiu Wiu, nino-nino
In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
In Thai, ?????? ?????? (pipo pipo), ??????? ??????? (wiwo wiwo)
In Turkish, Daa dii
In Vietnamese, ò e í e

Train whistling

In Afrikaans, toe-toe
In Arabic, toot-toot
In Bulgarian, ??-???? (tu-tuuu)
In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut
In Chinese, Cantonese, ??
In Croatian, ?u ?u
In Czech, h???
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 ???????
In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
In Indonesian, tuuut, tuuut
In Italian, ciuf ciuf
In Japanese, shuppo shuppo ????????
In Kazakh, ??-?????
In Korean, chik chik pok pok ????
In Latvian, t? t?
In Lithuanian, t? t?
In Marathi, choo-choo ??-???
In Polish, tu-tuuu
In Portuguese, piuí
In Romanian, u! uuu!
In Russian, tu-tuu ??-???, tu-duu ??-???
In Spanish, chu chu
In Swedish, tuut-tuut
In Tagalog, hup
In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
In Thai, ???? ???? (pun pun)
In Turkish, çuv çuv

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Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing (buzzing)

In Afrikaans, zoei
In English, bzzz buzz
In Hebrew, bzzz ??????, tzzz ??????
In Japanese, biri biri ????
In Korean, jjirit jjirit ????
In Latvian, bzz, zumm
In Polish, bzzzz...
In Romanian, bâz bzzz
In Swedish, bzzz
In Thai, ??? (tued)

Electric shock

In English, zap
In Filipino, tssst
In Finnish, tsäp
In French, zap
In German, zapp
In Japanese, biri ???, bachi ???
In Polish, bzzt

Fire

In Afrikaans, knetter
In Dutch, knetter
In English, crackle crackle
In German, knister knister
In Hungarian, rip-rop
In Japanese, Pachi pachi ????
In Polish, trzask
In Swedish, knaster knaster
In Thai, ????? (prueb), ????? ????? (prueb prub)

Lightning

In Batak, huist
In English, crack, kaboom, ka-chow
In German, zack
In Hebrew, ?????? b'raq
In Korean, beonjjeok ??
In Marathi, kadaad ????
In Thai, ??????? (priang)

Steam hissing

In Afrikaans, sis
In Arabic, fssss
In Batak, ssssss
In English, psss
In German, zisch
In Hebrew, psss ??????
In Japanese, push? ????
In Romanian, fâs, fsssss
In Russian, psssh ????
In Swedish, pssst
In Tagalog, sssss
In Thai, ??? (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 Hungarian, dörr
In Japanese, goro goro ????
In Marathi, gad-gad ???-???
In Polish, grzmot
In Romanian, bum
In Russian, babakh ?????, tararakh ???????, trakh-tararakh ????-???????
In Swedish, muller
In Tagalog, boom
In Thai, ???? ???? (kruen kruen)

Water dripping

In Afrikaans, drip
In Arabic, tik tik or tok tok
In Bengali: ??? ??? ?up ?up ??? ??? ?hip ?hip
In Bulgarian, cap-cap ???-???
In Chinese, Cantonese, dihk-dihk ??
In Chinese, Mandarin, d? dá ??
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 ????? ?????, splats splats ?????? ??????
In Hebrew, tif taf ????????
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, ???? (potsu potsu), pota pota ????
In Korean, ttokttok ??, ttuk-ttuk ??
In Latvian, pik pik, pak pak, pak? pak?
In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap
In Macedonian, cap cap ??? ???
In Marathi, tap-tap ??-??
In Persian, ?ek ?ek, '?ak ?ak
In Polish, kap kap (kapa? is the verb)
In Portuguese, plim plim, plic plic
In Romanian, pic pic
In Russian, kap kap ???-???
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, ??p ??p
In Uropi, plok
In Vietnamese, t?ng t?ng, to?ng to?ng, tí tách

White water

In Batak, soook

Wind blowing or waves flowing

In Bengali, ??? bhõ, ?? ?? shôn shôn, ??? ??? jhir jhir
In Bulgarian, fiiuu ?????
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 ???? ????, sfýrigh ??????, url ????, sýrigh ?????, thýr ???
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 ??
In Lithuanian, ???
In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu ????? ?????
In Persian, moj, ???
In Polish, szszszsz, huuuuuu
In Portuguese, Vuuuush
In Romanian, vâj
In Russian, uu-u ??-?
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 x?c (rustling)

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Others

Jingling

In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
In Arabic, ???? (khashkhash)
In Armenian zar zank ??? ????
In Bengali, rini-jhini
In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng ??? (? means "hang")
In Chinese, Mandarin, d?ng líng ??, d?ng d?ng ??
In Batak, giring, giring
In Bulgarian, ljush-bash ???-???, ding-dong ????-????
In Croatian, ding dong
In Czech, cinky-cink
In Dutch, tingeling
In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, jingle jangle
In Estonian kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
In Finnish, kilin, helin
In French, ding-dong
In German, klingeling
In Hebrew, ding-dong ?????????????
In Hungarian, csing-ling, bim-bam, giling-galang
In Japanese, ?????? (chirin chirin), ??? (ch?n)
In Korean, dallang dallang ???? ttallang ttallang ???? jjallang jjallang ????
In Latvian, dzin dzin
In Macedonian, dang, ding, dong ????, ????, ????
In Malay, ding dong, kring kring
In Polish, dzy?-dzy?
In Romanian, ding-dong
In Russian, din'-don ????-??? dzìnj-dzìnj ?????-?????
In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
In Tagalog, klang klang
In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
In Thai, ????? (kreng), ?????????? (krung kring)
In Turkish, çang?r çungur, ?ang?r ?ungur

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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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Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Video Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Human sounds

Consuming food or drink

Bodily functions and involuntary sounds

Cries of distress

Interrupted speech

Expressions of positive emotions

Maps Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Animal sounds

Bird sounds

Domestic birds

Wild birds

Mammal sounds

Cats and dogs

Equine sounds

Animals with cloven hoofs

Other mammals

Other animals

Collisions, bursts, and strikes

Balloon or bubble bursting

Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

Crash

Door or floor creaking

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

Knocking

Strikes

Dull strike

Falling strike

Sharp strike

Wet strike

Machinery

Camera shutter

Car engine revving

Car horn honking

Clock ticking

Doorbell ringing

Keyboard striking

Match striking

Telephone ringing

Siren wailing

Train whistling

Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing (buzzing)

Electric shock

Fire

Lightning

Steam hissing

Thunder

Water dripping

White water

Wind blowing or waves flowing

Others

Jingling

References

Arabic words

Chinese words

Danish words

English words

French words

German words

Greek words

Hebrew words

Italian words

Japanese words

Marathi words

Portuguese words

Spanish words

Ukrainian words

Urdu words

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