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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:
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Human sounds
Consuming food or drink
Bodily functions and involuntary sounds
Cries of distress
Interrupted speech
Expressions of positive emotions
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Animal sounds
Bird sounds
Domestic birds
Wild birds
Mammal sounds
Cats and dogs
Equine sounds
Animals with cloven hoofs
Other mammals
Other animals
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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, baeng, plop
- In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
- In Hindi, thaa, phatt
- In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
- In Indonesian, dor
- In Italian, bum
- In Japanese, pan パンッ
- In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong 펑
- In Latvian, bliukš
- In Lithuanian, pokšt
- In Macedonian, pau пау
- In Marathi, Dhum ढुम्
- In Navajo, dǫǫn (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, โป๊ะ (po), ปั้ง (pang)
- In Turkish, bom
- In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp
Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire
- In Afrikaans, kaboem; boem; ra-tat-tat
- In Albanian, pum-pum; bau-bau, ta-ta-ta-ta, du-du-du-du
- In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ[ara 1]
- In Basque, bunba; danba; ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
- In Bengali, goom goom
- In Bulgarian, bum бум, kh кх, tatatata тататата
- In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà
- In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng 砰; ping, pa 乒, 啪; da da da... 嗒嗒嗒 [citation needed]
- In Croatian, bum, pam, puf, ratatata
- In Czech, bum, prásk, ratatata
- In Danish, bang, bum
- In Dutch, boem, biem; pang, pauw; ratatata, trrrr
- In English, bam, boom, blam, kaboom; bang, pow; rat-at-at-at-at-at, gat-gat-gat-gat, skkrrt skkrrt, dakka-dakka
- In Estonian, põmm, kõmm; pauh, karpauh
- In Finnish, pum; pam; ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, rä-tä-tä-tä-tä-tä, taka-taka-taka...
- In French, boum; pan
- In German, bumm, rumms, kawumm; peng, puff, päng; rat-tat-tat-tat
- In Greek, cabum, bum μπουμ, bam μπαμ; bam, pan, piu-piu (mainly by children); trrrrrr
- In Hebrew, bum בּוּם
- In Hindi, thaa
- In Hungarian bumm, dörr; ratata, trrrrr
- In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
- In Indonesian, dor,
- In Italian, bum; bang; pum
- In Japanese, バーンバーン (bān bān), dōn ドーン, bakyūn バキューン
- In Kannada, dum, dhaam
- In Kazakh, bydyrsch быдырщ
- In Korean, ppang 빵, tang 탕
- In Latvian, bum
- In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum, pokšt
- In Macedonian, bum бум; pau пау; ra ta ta ta ра та та та
- In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ढिश्क्यँव, dhishum धिशुम
- In Persian, bang
- In Polish: bach, bam, bum-bum; bang-bang, pif-paf and others; tra ta ta ta ta
- In Portuguese, bam, boom, cabum; pá,pum; ratátátá
- In Romanian, bum; poc
- In Russian, ba-bakh ба-бах; pif-paf пиф-паф; tra-ta-ta тра-та-та
- In Sinhalese, ḍisum ඩිසුම්; ḍung ඩුං; ḍaka-ḍaka-ḍaka ඩක-ඩක-ඩක
- In Slovene, ratatata, pok
- In Spanish, pum; bang; praca
- In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
- In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
- In Tamil, dishum; dumeel
- In Telugu, dishyoom
- In Thai, ตูม (tuum, cannon firing); ปัง (pang, gunshot)
- In Turkish, bom, bam, güm, dıkşınyaa (by kids)
- In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
- In Vietnamese, đoàng (louder); pằng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)
Crash
- In Albanian, pum, bau, përrtaf,
- In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
- In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh[ara 1]
- In Basque: danba, pun, plaust
- In Bengali: ṭhash ঠাস, ṭhush ঠুস, dhum ধুম, dham ধাম, daram, dhapash
- In Bulgarian, bum бум, dum дум, trjas тряс, pras прас
- In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
- In Chinese, Mandarin, hong 轰[citation needed]
- In Croatian, bum, tres, krašš
- In Czech, řach, bum, prásk
- In Danish, bum, bump, bang, krasj
- In Dutch, boem, knal, plof, bam
- In English, boom, bam, wham, slam, bang, crash, clash, pow, thonk, thunk, thud, clang
- In Estonian, prõmm, pauh, piraki, karpauh
- In Finnish, pam, pum, ryskis, kolin, räiskis, rymmps
- In French, bing, bang, boum, bam, vlan
- In German, rumms, bumms, bauz, krach, knall
- In Gilbertese, beeku
- In Greek, bam μπαμ, gcup
- In Haitian Creole, bip
- In Hebrew, bum בּוּם, trax טְרַאח[heb 5]
- In Hindi, dhishumm धिशुम्म, dhishum धिशुम
- In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk
- In Indonesian, buk, brekk, j'derr
- In Italian, bum, badabeu, patatraf
- In Japanese, ガーン (gān)
- In Korean, kung 쿵
- In Kyrgyz, тарс
- In Latin, tuxtax
- In Latvian, bum
- In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
- In Macedonian, bum бум, pam пам, pum пум, dum дум, très трес
- In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk, beng
- In Marathi, dhadaam धडाम्
- In Polish, 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, โครม (khrom)
- In Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam
- In Vietnamese, ầm, rầm
Door or floor creaking
- In Albanian, grr
- In Afrikaans, kraak
- In Bulgarian, skratz скръц
- In Arabic, azeeez أزيـــز
- In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec
- In Croatian, škrip
- In Czech, vrrzzz, skřííííp
- In Danish, knirk
- In Dutch, kraak
- In English, creak
- In Estonian, kriiks, kriuks
- In Finnish, kriik, narsk, 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 ギー
- In Kazakh, shiiq шииқ
- In Korean, ppi-geok 삐걱
- In Kyrgyz, кыйч
- In Latvian, čīk
- In Malay, eeek (keriang-keriut)
- In Polish, skrzyp
- In Persian, γež-γež غژ غژ
- In Romanian, scârț
- In Russian, skreep скрип
- In Spanish, ñyeec, ñyiic
- In Swedish, knarr
- In Tagalog, ekk
- In Thai, แอ๊ด (aet)
- In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt
- In Uropi, krak
- In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, kẽo kẹt
Engine back-firing while freewheeling
Knocking
- In Albanian, tak-tak, tok-tok, trok-trok
- In Arabic, daqqa دَقَّ
- In Afrikaans, klop
- In Batak, tok-tok-tok
- In Bengali, khat khat, takatak, thok thok
- In Bosnian, kuc kuc
- In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
- In Catalan, toc toc
- In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当[citation needed]
- In Croatian, kuc kuc
- In Czech, ťuk ťuk
- In Danish, bank bank
- In Dutch, klop klop
- In English, knock knock, bang bang bang
- In Finnish, kop kop, 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[heb 6]
- In Hindi, thakk thakk
- In Hungarian, kop kop, kip kop
- In Icelandic, bank bank
- In Indonesian, tok tok
- In Italian, toc toc
- In Japanese, コツコツ (kotsu kotsu), kon kon コンコン, ton ton トントン
- In Korean, ttok ttok 똑똑
- In Latvian, tuk tuk
- In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
- In Malay, tok tok tok (ketuk)
- In Marathi, thak-thak ठक्-ठक्
- In Persian, taq-taq
- In Polish, 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 Slovenian, tok tok
- In Spanish, toc toc, tun tun
- In Swedish, knack knack
- In Tagalog, tok tok tok
- In Thai, ก๊อก ๆ ๆ (kok kok kok)
- In Turkish, tak tak
- In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc
- In Zulu, nqo nqo nqo
Strikes
Crunch, сracking (of sticks, bones etc.)
- In Croatian, krc [hr 1]
- In Czech, křup
- In English, crunch, crash, crack[2]
- 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,[2] khrust хрусть
- In Slovenian, škrt (škrtati)
- In Turkish, çatır
- In Vietnamese, rắc
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Machinery
Camera shutter
- In Albanian, klik
- In Afrikaans, klik
- In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك
- In Basque, klisk
- In Batak, ceklek
- In Bulgarian, щрак (shtrak)
- In Catalan, cx, xic, txc or txic
- In Chinese, Mandarin, kā chā咔嚓
- In Croatian, klik
- In Czech, cvak
- In Danish, klik
- In Dutch, klik
- In English, click
- In Estonian, klõps, plõks
- In Finnish, klik
- In French, clic
- In German, klick
- In Hebrew, chik צִ'יק
- In Hungarian, klikk
- In Italian, clic
- In Indonesian, cepret, cekrek
- In Japanese, pasha パシャ
- In Korean, chalkak 찰칵
- In Kyrgyz, чырк
- In Latvian, klik klik
- In Malay, cekek cekek
- In Nepali, [kʰit͡sikːʌ] खिचिक्क
- In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
- In Portuguese, clic clic
- In Romanian, clic
- In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик
- In Slovenian, klik
- In Spanish, clic
- In Swedish, klick
- In Tagalog, klik
- In Thai, แชะ (chae)
- In Turkish, klik, şlak
- In Uropi, klik
- In Vietnamese, lách cách
Car engine revving
- In Albanian, vum-vum-vum, përr-përr-përr
- In Afrikaans, wroem, broem
- In Arabic, hunn hunn هن هــن, aan aan آن آن
- In Batak, ngong, ngooongngng
- In Bulgarian, bram-bram бръм-бръм
- In Catalan, rum, rumm
- In Croatian, brum brum, vrum vrum
- In Czech, brmmm brmmm
- In Danish, vrum vrum, brum brum, nøn nøn
- In Dutch, broem, vroem
- In English, vroom vroom, broom broom
- In Estonian, põrr põrr
- In Finnish, vruum vruum, bruum bruum, prööm prööm (spoken)
- In French, vroum vroum
- In German, brumm brumm, wrumm wrumm
- In Hebrew, aan aan אָאן אָאן
- In Hungarian, brum brumm
- In Indonesian, bremmm bremmm, ngeng ngeng
- In Italian, brum brum, vrum vrum
- In Japanese, buroro ブロロ
- In Korean, bureung bureung 부릉부릉
- In Malay, ngeng ngeng, brum brum, vrum vrum, preng preng, ngii ngii
- In Polish, brummm brummmm
- In Portuguese, vruum vruum
- In Romanian, vrum vrum
- In Russian, rrr ppp ru ru ру ру rum rum рум рум
- In Slovenian, brum brum
- In Spanish, rue fun
- In Swedish, brum
- In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy
- In Thai, บรื๊น ๆ (bruen bruen)
- In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), vrın vrın (car)
- In Vietnamese, bờ rừm
Car horn honking
- In Albanian, po-po, ty-ty
- In Afrikaans, toet
- In Arabic, beeb beep, طيط-طيط ṭiṭ-ṭiṭ
- In Batak, tot, tooot
- In Bulgarian, bi-biip би-биип
- In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
- In Chinese, Mandarin, di di 嘀嘀 or 滴滴
- In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip
- In Czech, tů tů
- In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt
- In Dutch, toet toet
- In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot
- In Estonian, tuut tuut, piip piip
- In Finnish, tööt tööt, 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 ププー
- In Korean, ppang ppang 빵빵
- In Latvian, pī pī
- In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
- In Malay, pon pon, pot pot, ,pet pet, pin pin (toy car)
- In Marathi, paa-paa पँ-पँ
- In Norwegian, bært bært
- In Polish, bib-biiib, bip bip, trąb
- In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon[por 1]
- In Romanian, tiiit! ti-ti!
- In Russian, bi-bi би-би, bi-bip би-бип
- In Slovenian, bi bip
- In Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
- In Swedish, tut tut
- In Tagalog, bip bip
- In Telugu, poy ppoy
- In Thai, ปี๊น ๆ (pin pin)
- In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
- In Uropi, tut
- In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim
Clock ticking
- In Albanian, tik-tak
- In Afrikaans, tik-tok
- In Basque, tiki-taka
- In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak
- In Bengali, tik tik
- In Bulgarian, tic tac тик так
- In Catalan, tic-tac
- In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dā 嘀嗒[zho 20]
- In Croatian, tik tak
- In Czech, tik ťak
- In Danish, tik tak
- In Dutch, tik tak
- In English, tick tock
- In Estonian, tikk takk
- In Finnish, tik tak, 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[heb 8]
- In Hindi, tic tic
- In Hungarian, tik tak
- In Icelandic, tik tak
- In Indonesian, tik tok
- In Italian, tic toc, tic tac
- In Japanese, チクタク (chikutaku), カチカチ (kachi kachi)
- In Korean ttok-ttak ttok-ttak 똑딱똑딱
- In Latvian, tik tak
- In Lithuanian, tik tak
- In Macedonian, tic tac тик так
- In Malay, tik tok
- In Marathi, tik-tik टिक-टिक
- In Nepali, clit caqq
- In Norwegian tikk takk
- In Polish, tik tak, tik tik, tik tok, tyk tyk
- In Portuguese, tique-taque,[por 1] tic toc
- In Romanian, tic tac
- In Russian, tic-tac тик-так
- In Slovene, tik tak
- In Spanish, tic tac
- In Swedish, tick tack
- In Tagalog, tik tak tik tak
- In Tamil, tik tik
- In Thai, ติ๊กต็อก (tiktok)
- In Turkish, tik tak
- In Vietnamese, tích tắc
- In Volapük, tiktö
Doorbell ringing
- In Albanian, tring-tring, ding-dong
- In Afrikaans, trieng
- In Basque, dilin-dalan
- In Catalan, ding-dong, ring-ring, meec...
- In Croatian, din don
- In Danish, ding ding, ring ring
- In Dutch, tring tring
- In English, ding-dong, bing-bong
- In Finnish, pim pom, blim-blom, ding dong, ring-ring
- In French, ding-dong
- In German, klingeling
- In Hungarian, csing-ling
- In Indonesian, ting-tong
- In Italian, din don, drin drin
- In Japanese, ピンポーン (pinpōn)
- In Malay, ding dong, ting tong
- In Marathi, ting-tong टिंग-टौंग
- In Polish, dryń-dryń, dzyń-dzyń
- In Portuguese, ding dong[por 1]
- In Romanian, țâr țâr
- In Russian, din-don дин-дон
- In Slovenian, din don
- In Spanish, ding dong
- In Swedish, ding dong, pling plong
- In Turkish, zır, ding, ding dong
- In Tagalog, ding dong
- In Thai, ติ๊งต่อง (ting tong), ติ๊งหน่อง (ting nong),
- In Italian, din don
Keyboard striking
- In Albanian, tok-tok-tok, tëk-tëk-tëk
- In Batak, tik tik
- In Bulgarian, trak-trak трак-трак
- In Catalan, txiquiti-txiquiti, txic txic
- In Czech, klik, ťuk ťuk
- In Danish, klik klik
- In Dutch, tik tik
- In English, click click, click clack
- In Estonian, klõp klõp klõp
- In Finnish, klik klik, klik klak, naks, naputinap (computer), tak tak tak, nakuti nakuti (typewriter), tsäkä-tsäkä-tsäkä (teleprinter)
- In French, clic clic
- In German, klack klack klack (typewriter), tipp tipp tipp (computer)
- In Hebrew, klik klik, קְלִיק־קְלִיק[heb 9]
- In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
- In Japanese, kata kata カタカタ
- In Latvian, klikš, klab klab
- In Malay, tek tek tek tek
- In Polish, klik klik
- In Russian, klatz-klatz клац-клац
- In Spanish, tac tac tac
- In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick
- In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
- In Thai, ก้อกแก้ก (kokkaek)
- In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır
- In Vietnamese, lạch cạch
Match striking
Telephone ringing
- In Albanian, tring-tring
- In Afrikaans, trieng trieng
- In Arabic, terren terren تــرن تــرن
- In Basque, tirrin-tirrin
- In Batak, riiing, riiing...
- In Bengali, kring, kring
- In Bulgarian, zan zan зън зън
- In Catalan, ring, ring
- In Chinese, Mandarin, ling ling ling
- In Croatian, drin drin
- In Czech, crrrrr
- In Danish, ring ring, dingeling
- In Dutch, tring tring
- In English, ring ring, brrring brrring, ringaling
- In Estonian, tirr tirr tirr
- In Finnish, ring ring, päläring päläring
- In French, dring dring
- In German, klingeling, klingelingeling
- In Hungarian, csing ling
- In Indonesian, kring kring
- In Italian, drin drin
- In Japanese, jiriririri(n), ジリリリリ(ン)
- In Kazakh, shyryl-shyryl шырыл шырыл
- In Korean, ttareureung ttareureung 따르릉 따르릉
- In Kyrgyz, чырр
- In Latvian, dzin dzin
- In Lithuanian, dzin dzin, dzin dzilin
- In Malay, kring kring, trut trut (berdering)
- In Polish, dryń dryń
- In Portuguese, trimm
- In Romanian, ţâr-ţâr
- In Russian, dzyn’-dzyn’ дзынь-дзынь
- In Slovenian, drin drin
- In Spanish, rin rin
- In Swedish, ring ring
- In Tagalog, kring kring
- In Thai, kring kring กริ๊ง กริ๊ง
- In Turkish, zır zır
- In Vietnamese, reng
Siren wailing
- In Albanian, iu-iu-iu, auo-auo
- In Afrikaans, pie-pô
- In Arabic, wee-wee[ara 2]
- In Bengali, pay puu
- In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na, ninu ninu
- In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu нии-ну-нии-ну
- In Catalan, ninu ni, ni no ni no
- In Croatian, ninu ninu, tinu ninu, viju viju, fiju fiju,[hr 1] tiru liru
- In Danish, ba bu
- In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
- In English, Nee naw, wee-woo, waow-waow (police), awooga (klaxon),
- In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
- In Filipino, wang wang wang
- In Finnish, pii paa pii paa, viiuu viiuu viiuu, uu-aa uu-aa, tsiri-tsiri-tsiri viu-viu-viu
- In French, Pin Pon
- In German, Tatütata
- In Greek, eeuu eeuu ηου-ηου
- In Hungarian, nínó, nénó
- In Indonesian, ninu ninu
- In Italian, nino nino, ta tu-ta tu
- In Japanese, ピーポーピーポー (pīpō pīpō)
- In Korean, ppippo ppippo 삐뽀 삐뽀
- In Latvian, ī-ū
- In Macedonian, piu uiu пиу уиу
- In Malay, nino nino, iyo iyo
- In Minions, mi naw mi naw
- In Norwegian, Bæ bu bæ bu
- In Polish, ioioioio
- In Portuguese, uooooo /uóóóóó/, uiu uiu uiu, tinóni
- In Romanian, ni no ni no
- In Russian, wiu-wiu виу-виу or уиу-уиу
- In Slovene, uiuiui
- In Spanish Wiu Wiu, nino-nino
- In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
- In Thai, ปี๊ป่อ ปี๊ป่อ (pipo pipo), วี้หว่อ วี้หว่อ (wiwo wiwo)
- In Turkish, Daa dii
- In Vietnamese, ò e í e
Train whistling
- In Albanian, ty-tyy
- In Afrikaans, toe-toe
- In Arabic, toot-toot
- In Bengali, poo
- In Bulgarian, ту-тууу (tu-tuuu)
- In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut
- In Chinese, Cantonese, 嗚嗚
- In Croatian, ču ču
- In Czech, hůůů
- In Danish, fut fut
- In Dutch, tuutuut
- In English, choo choo, woo woo
- In Estonian, tuut tuut
- In Finnish, tuut tuut
- In French, tchou tchou
- In German, lah nah, spä nö
- In Hebrew, tu-tu טוּ־טוּ
- In Hindi, tree paa tee
- In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
- In Indonesian, tuuut tuuut
- In Italian, tu tuu, ciuf ciuf
- In Japanese, shuppo shuppo シュッポシュッポ
- In Kazakh, чу-чуууу
- In Korean, chik chik pok pok 칙칙폭폭
- In Latvian, tū tū
- In Lithuanian, tū tū
- In Marathi, choo-choo चू-चूऽ
- In Polish, tu-tuuu
- In Portuguese, piuí [por 2]
- In Romanian, u! uuu!
- In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу, roo nee pоу-ни [citation needed]
- In Slovenian, ču ču
- In Spanish, chu chu
- In Swedish, tuut-tuut
- In Tagalog, hup
- In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
- In Thai, ปู๊น ปู๊น (pun pun)
- In Turkish, düt düüt
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Physical and natural phenomena
Electric flowing (buzzing)
- In Albanian, bëzz
- In Afrikaans, zoei
- In English, bzzz buzz
- In Finnish, tzzz, bzzz
- In Hebrew, bzzz בְּזזז, tzzz טְזְזז
- In Japanese, biri biri ビリビリ
- In Korean, jjirit jjirit 찌릿찌릿
- In Latvian, bzz, zumm
- In Polish, bzzzz..., dzzz, zzz
- In Romanian, bâz bzzz
- In Spanish, bzzz
- In Swedish, bzzz
- In Thai, tued ตืด
Electric shock
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, พรึ่บ (prueb), พรึ่บ พรั่บ (prueb prub)
Rain
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, בְּרָק b'raq
- In Hungarian, dörr
- In Japanese, goro goro ゴロゴロ
- In Korean, beonjjeok 번쩍
- In Marathi, kadaad कडाड
- In Marathi, gad-gad गड्-गड्
- In Nepali, [ɡʌɽjaŋɡuɽuŋ] 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, เปรี้ยง (priang)
- In Thai, ครืน ครืน (kruen kruen)
Steam hissing
- In Afrikaans, sis
- In Albanian, kshhh
- In Arabic, fssss[ara 1]
- In Batak, ssssss
- In Croatian, pššššš
- In English, psss
- In Finnish, tsuuh, piih puuh, tsuh tsuh tsuh, sihi suhi
- In German, zisch
- In Hebrew, psss פְּססס
- In Japanese, pushū プシュー
- In Polish: szelest, szum
- In Romanian, fâs, fsssss
- In Russian, psssh пшшш
- In Spanish, psss
- In Swedish, pssst
- In Tagalog, sssss
- In Thai, ฟู่ (fuu)
Water dripping
- In Albanian, pik-pik, pim-pim
- In Afrikaans, drip
- In Arabic, tik tik or tok tok[ara 1]
- In Bengali: টুপ টুপ ṭup ṭup ঢিপ ঢিপ ḍhip ḍhip
- In Bulgarian, cap-cap кап-кап
- In Chinese, Cantonese, dihk-dihk 滴滴
- In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dá 滴答[zho 21]
- In Catalan, plip plip, tip-tip-tip
- In Croatian, kap kap
- In Czech, kap
- In Danish, dryp dryp (dryppe is the verbal), plop plop
- In Dutch, drup drup, drip, drop
- In English, drip drop, plink plonk
- In Estonian, tilks tilks
- In Finnish, tip tip, plip plop, 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, ポツポツ (potsu potsu), pota pota ポタポタ
- In Korean, ttokttok 똑똑, ttuk-ttuk 뚝뚝
- In Latvian, pik pik, pak pak, pakš pakš
- In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap
- In Macedonian, cap cap кап кап
- In Marathi, tap-tap टप-टप
- In Persian, ček ček, čak čak
- In Polish, 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, 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
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, วิ้ว วิ้ว (wio wio), ฟิ้ว ฟิ้ว (fio fio)
- In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
- In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling)
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Jingling
- In Albanian, tring-tring, dring-dring
- In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
- In Arabic, خشخش (khashkhash)[ara 14]
- In Armenian, zar zank զար զանկ
- In Basque, tilin-tilin, tilin-talan
- In Batak, giring, giring
- In Bengali, rini-jhini
- In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш, ding-dong динг-донг
- In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹 (吊 means "hang")
- In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃,[zho 22] dīng dāng 叮当 [zho 23]
- In Croatian, ding dong
- In Czech, cinky-cink
- In Dutch, tingeling
- In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, jingle jangle
- In Estonian, kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
- In Finnish, 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[heb 10]
- In Hungarian, csing-ling, bim-bam, giling-galang
- In Japanese, チリンチリン (chirin chirin), チーン (chīn)
- In Korean, dallang dallang 달랑달랑 ttallang ttallang 딸랑딸랑 jjallang jjallang 짤랑짤랑
- In Latvian, dzin dzin
- In Macedonian, dang, ding, dong данг, динг, донг
- In Malay, ding dong, kring kring
- In Polish, dzyń-dzyń
- In Romanian, ding-dong
- In Russian, din'-don динь-дон dzìnj-dzìnj дзынь-дзынь
- In Spanish, ding ding
- In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
- In Tagalog, klang klang
- In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
- In Thai, เคร้ง (kreng), กรุ๊งกริ๊ง (krung kring)
- In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur
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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)
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References
External links
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