# Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

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

## Human sounds
### Consuming food or drink

| Language | Biting | Eating food | Drinking | Swallowing | Brushing teeth |
| Afrikaans | nom, gomf | | gloeg gloeg gloeg | | |
| Albanian | ham, kërr, krrëk | ham-ham, njam-njam | llup, gllup | | välmos-fësh, fër-fër |
| Arabic | hum-hum | humm | شرب (sharib) | | |
| Azerbaijani | | nəm nəm | qurt qurt | | fıç fıç |
| Basque | kosk, hozk | mauka mauka | zurrut | klik | |
| Batak | | nyaum nyaum | | guk | |
| Bengali | | গব গব (gob gob), গবা গব (goba gob), সপা সপ (sopa sop) | ঢক ঢক (dhak dhak), ঢগ ঢগ (dhaug dhaug), ঘট ঘট (ghat ghat), গট গট (gat gat), কল-কল (kol-kol) | ঢোঁক গেলা (dhnok gela) | |
| Bulgarian | хрус (hrus), мляс (mlias) | ам ам (am am) | гльок гльок (glyok glyok) | гъл (gull) | |
| Catalan | nyac | nyam nyam | glup | glu glu | |
| Chinese, Cantonese | | 嗦嗦 (sok4 sok2) (for crunchy foods) zep1 zep1 (in general) | | 嗗 (gut2, gut4, gut6) | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | | | 咕咚 咕咚 (gū-dōng gū-dōng), 咕嚕咕嚕 (gū-lū gū-lū) | | 唰 (shua) |
| Croatian | gric | njam njam | glp glp, glu glu | gut | |
| Czech | chřup [xr̝up], chroup [xroup] | ham, ňam ňam [ɲam], mňam mňam [mɲam] | glo glo | | |
| Danish | haps [hɑb̥s] | nam nam, mam mam | slurk, glub | glub, gulp | |
| Dutch | hap | jam jam | slurp, klok klok klok | slik | |
| English | chomp | yum yum, nom nom | slurp, glug | gulp | |
| Estonian | amps | näm näm, nämm nämm | kull kull | lonks | |
| Filipino | | nam nam | | lunók | tsuka tsuka |
| Finnish | rousk | nam nam, nami nami | | klup | |
| French | miam, crounche | miam miam | glouglouglou | gloups | |
| German | mampf | mampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjam | schlürf, gluck | schluck | |
| Gujarati | | | gudgud | | |
| Hebrew | | אָממ אָממ (amm amm) | | שלוּק (shluk) | צחצוח (tsikhtsúakh), שקשוק (shikshúk refers to "shaking teeth") |
| Hungarian | hamm | nyam-nyam, csám-csám | glu-glu, glugy-glugy | | sika-sika |
| Icelandic | kjams | nammi namm | glúgg glúgg | | |
| Indonesian | krauk | nyam nyam | glek glek, gluk gluk | glek | sruk sruk |
| Italian | gnam | gnam gnam | glu glu | glu glu | |
| Japanese | ムシャムシャ (musha-musha) | モグモグ (mogu mogu), パクパク (paku paku) | ゴクゴク (goku goku) | ごくっ (goku) | シャカシャカ (shaka shaka) |
| Kazakh | | | лық-лық (lyq-lyq), сылқ-сылқ (sylq-sylq) | сылқ (sylq) | |
| Korean | 와작와작 (wajak-wajak) | 냠냠 (nyam nyam), 얌얌 (yam yam), 쩝쩝 (jjeop jjeop) | 꿀꺽 꿀꺽 (kkul kkeok kkul kkeok) | 꿀꺽 (kkul kkeok) | 치카치카 (chika chika) |
| Kyrgyz | | шам-шум (sham-shum) | | | |
| Latvian | am | ņam ņam | gul gul | | |
| Lithuanian | | niam niam | kliuk kliuk | | |
| Malay | ngap ngap | nyam nyam nyam | glup glup, teguk | | |
| Malayalam | | ഞംഞം (njam-njam), കറുമുറു (karu-muru) (hard/crunchy) | | ഗ്ലപ് ഗ്ലപ്(glap-glap) | |
| Marathi | कुर्रुम-कुर्रुम (krum-krum) | मम् मम् (mam mam) | गट-गट (gaT gaT) | गटक (gatak) | |
| Nepali | लापलुप (pronounced), कर्याम-कुरुम(pronounced) | क्वाप्प (pronounced) | घट-घट (pronounced), कल-कल(pronounced) | | |
| Norwegian | | nam nam | glugg glugg | | |
| Persian | | | qolop-qolop | | |
| Polish | chap, am, chrup (crunch) | mniam mniam, chrup chrup (if hard), mlask | gul gul | gul gul | szuru szuru, szuru buru |
| Portuguese | nhac, nhoc | nham nham | glup glup | | |
| Romanian | hap, haț | miam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleasc | gâl-gâl | gogâlț | |
| Russian | хрум (khrum) | ам (am) (quick), ням-ням (njam-njam) | бульк бульк (bulk-bulk) | | |
| Serbian | гриц (gric) [grits] | њам-њам (njam-njam) | | | |
| Slovak | chrum | mňam, ham | glo, glo-glo | | |
| Slovene | gric, hrsk | njam njam | glu, glu-glu | | |
| Spanish | ñam | ñam ñam | glu glu glu, glup | glup | |
| Swedish | nam-nam | nam nam | glugg glugg, klunk klunk | gulp | |
| Tamil | | கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching) | | | |
| Thai | งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam) | ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam) | อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak) | อึก อึก (uek uek) | |
| Turkish | hart, hurt | ham hum, nam nam | hüüp, lıkır lıkır | gulp | fıtı fıtı |
| Ukrainian | ам (am), ням (niam), хрум (khrum) (if crunchy), кусь (kus) | ням-ням (niam-niam), хрусь-хрусь (khrus-khrus) (if crunchy), хлам-хлам (khlam-khlam) (if hastily), хряп-хряп (khriap-khriap) (if hastily) | бульк-бульк (bulk-bulk), глип-глип (glyp-glyp), ґлаґ-ґлаґ (glug-glug) | ґольґ (golg) | шурх-шурх (shurkh-shurkh), шорх-шорх (shorkh-shorkh) |
| Vietnamese | ngoạm | măm măm, nhăm nhăm, nhồm nhoàm, chàm chạp | ực ực, ừng ực | | |

### Bodily functions and involuntary sounds

| Language | Heart beating | Belching | Coughing | Flatulence | Sneezing | Snoring | Yawning |
| Afrikaans | doef doef | | | poep | atiesjoe | snork | |
| Albanian | pam-pam, bam-bam | grrom | këm-këm, gam-gam | përrpërr | tësh, açu, eçu | gërr, grro | |
| Arabic | tum tum, رطم رطم (raṭama-raṭama) | | | draat, fassi, or tooz | hatchu | | |
| Armenian | dchk-dchk, lck-lck | | | thurr, tuss | | | haptchi |
| Azerbaijani | gup-gup | | öhö-öhö | zart, zırt | | xor | |
| Basque | bun-bun-bun, danba-danba, pal-pal, pil-pil, pilpil-pulpul, pilpiri-palpara, pir-pir, pupa, sast-sast, tak, taktak, taka-taka, tanka, tanp-tanp, tanpa-tanpa, tapa-tapa, taup-taup, taupa-taupa, tik-tik, tis-tas, trapata, tunpa; (strongly) punpa; (nervously) panp-panp | broust, korrok, kurrunk, zarra | aju-aju, atxu-atxu, eiu, eju, keju-keju, kuj-kuj, tuju-tuju, ugh | par, parra, parrat, pirri, pirrit, pirrit-parrat, porrot, prrrrrrut, puiiiit, purrut, tarrat, tirri eta tarra, tirri-tarra, tirrit tarrat, turrut | atija, atije, atrija, atxi, atxis, atxix, atxufa, hatifa, hatxiu | gurrunga, korroka, korronga, korronka, korrox, korroxka, kurrun, kurrunka, pzzz, rru-rru, ru-ru-ru, zirri-zorro, zorro-zorro, zurru, zurrun, zurruzta, zzzzz | uaaa |
| Batak | bar-bar-bar | org | | put | atcim | korrrr | |
| Bengali | দুরদুর (durdur), দুরুদুরু (duruduru), লাব ডুব (lāb dub), dhuk-puk | | | | হাঁচি (hąci), hąccho | bhnosh bhnosh, ঘ ঘ (gho gho) | hai |
| Bulgarian | туп-туп (tup tup) | уриг (urig) | | пръц (prats) | апчих (apchih), ких (kih) | хърр (hurr) | |
| Catalan | tu-tum tu-tum, pu-pum pu-pum | rot | cof, cof | prut | atxim, atxem | rrrr, rau-rau | uà, uaah |
| Cebuano | | | | | | | hahay |
| Chinese, Cantonese | 卜卜 (buk4 buk4) | oek4 or oet4 [œʔ²¹] | kem4 (kem2) | but4, but4 but4 | 乞嗤 (hāt-chī) | got4 syu4, got4 got2 seng1, goet4 goet2 seng1 | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 怦怦 (pēng pēng) | | | | 阿嚏 (ā tì) | 呼噜 (hū lu) | |
| Croatian | tup tup, bum bum | | kah | prd | apćih, apćiha | zzz | zijev |
| Czech | buch buch | krk | | prd | hepčí [ˈɦɛpt͡ʃiː] | chrrr | zív |
| Danish | dunk dunk, bank bank | bøvs [bœwˀs], ræb [ʁεˀb] | | prut, fis | atju, hatju | snork | gab |
| Dutch | boenk boenk, boem boem, klop, klop | burp | uche, uche | prot | hatsjoe, hatsjie | snurk, zzz | gaap |
| English | thump thump, lub dub, ba-bump | burp | cough cough | fart, toot | achoo | zzz, honk-shoo | yawn, ho-hum |
| Estonian | tuks tuks | krooks | köh köh | puuks | atsihh, atsih, aptsihh, aptsih | norr | |
| Filipino | dub dub dub dub, tibók tibók | ebb | | purorót, utót | hatsíng, bahíng | kok-sss | hikab |
| Finnish | tu-tum, pu-pum | röyh | köh köh | prut, prööt | atshii, atshiu, atsiuh, ätshii, ätshiu, ätsiuh | krooh pyyh | haukotus |
| French | boum boum | beurp | koff koff, teu-heu | prout | atchoum, atchi, atcha | ron pchi, (rrr) zzz | ouaaah |
| German | ba-dumm, bumm bumm, poch poch | rülps | | pups | hatschi, hatschu | chrr-pfüüh, schnarch, zzz, chhhh | gähn |
| Greek | ντουκ ντουκ (duk-duk) | | βήχα βήχα (vikha vikha) | | αψ(ι)ου (aps(i)u) | | |
| Hebrew | בּוּם־בּוּם (bum-búm) | גְּרֶפְּס (greps) | | פּוּק (pook), פלוץ (flotz) | אַפְּצִ'י apchi | חְררר (xrrr) | |
| Hindi | daṛak (pronounced) | | | | achhee | | |
| Hungarian | ta-tamm | böff | köh-köh | pú | hapci | hrr pityipű | |
| Icelandic | dúnk dúnk | | | | atsjú | | |
| Indonesian | dag-dig-dug, deg-deg | erk | uhuk-uhuk | pret, prett, tuut | hacciihh | grookkk | hoam |
| Italian | tu tump | rutt | | prot | etciú | ronf, zzz | |
| Japanese | (nervous excitement) ドキドキ (doki doki), (suspense, thrill) | ゲップ (geppu) | ゲホゲホ (geho-geho), ゴホン (gohon) | ブ (bu), プ (pu) | ハクション (hakushon) | ぐうぐう gu-gu | フワアーア fuwaāa |
| Kannada | dub bub, dava dava | | | | | | |
| Kazakh | дүрс-дүрс (du'rs-du'rs) | | | парт (part), парт-пұрт (part-purt) | әпшу (apshu) | қорр (qorr), қорр-қорр (qorr-qorr) | |
| Korean | 두근두근 (dugeun dugeun) | 꺼억 (kkeo-eok) | 콜록 (kollok) | 뿡 (ppung) | 에취 (echwi) | 드르렁 (deureureong) | 하암 (haam) |
| Latin | | ruct | | prox | | | |
| Latvian | tuk-tuk | | | | ačī, apčī | | žāv |
| Lithuanian | tuk tuk | | | pirst | apčiū, apči | | |
| Macedonian | туп туп (tup tup) | | | | апчиха (apchiha) | | |
| Malay | dup dap dup dap | ə~kk, bəkk | | pro~t, pret, poot | achom, achum | krrohh krrohh, dengkur | haaa, nguap |
| Marathi | धड धड (dhad dhad), धक-धक (dhak dhak) | | | ढुस्स (dhuss), ढुम (dhum) | आच्छीं (acchin), आच्छू (acchoo) | घोर (ghor), घुर्र (ghurr) | |
| Navajo | tsʼidog | | | | | | |
| Nepali | ढुक-ढुक(pronounced) | ढ्याउ(pronounced) | ख्याक-ख्याक | ह्वास्स | हाच्छ्यु(pronounced) | घुर-घुर | हाई |
| Norwegian | dunk dunk | | | | aatsjoo | | |
| Persian | tāp-o-tūp, tāp-tāp | ārūγ | | pup | achu | xor-o-pof, xor-nāse | |
| Polish | bum bum, bu-bum | bek | | prrr(yt), prut | a-psik | chrrr, chrrr-pśśś | ziew |
| Portuguese | tun-tum | burp | | pum | atchim, atchô | zzz | uah |
| Romanian | | râg (a râgâi = to burp) | | pârț | hapciu | sfor | |
| Russian | тук-тук (tuk-tuk) | | кхе-кхе (kkhe-kkhe) | пук (puk) | апчхи (apchkhi) | хр-р-р (khrrr) | |
| Serbian | туп-туп (tup-tup) | | | трт (trt) | апћиха (apćiha) | | |
| Sinhalese | | | | | හචිස් (hacis) | | |
| Slovak | | grg | | | hapčí | | |
| Slovene | | | | | ačih, ačiha | | |
| Spanish | bum bum bum, tucutún tucutún | | tjum, tjum | prt | achu, achís, achú | szzz | |
| Swedish | du-dunk, du-dunk | rap | | prutt | atjoo | snark | gäsp |
| Tamil | lappu-tappu | | | karukk murukk | a-choo | | |
| Telugu | lab-dab | | | para para | Haatch | | |
| Thai | ตุ้บ ตุ้บ (tup tup), ตึ้ก ตั้ก (tuek tak) | เอิ่ก (oek) | แค่ก แค่ก (khaek khaek) | ปู้ด (puut), ป้าด (pät) | ฮัดเช่ย (hatchoei), ฮัดชิ่ว (hatchiw) | ครอก ฟี้ (khrok fi), ครอก ครอก (khrok khrok) | หาว (hao) |
| Turkish | güm güm, küt küt, güp güp | gark | öhö öhö | zart, zort, pırt | hapşu | hor | |
| Urdu | dhakdhak | | | | | | |
| Vietnamese | thình thịch, bình bịch | ợ | ho, | phẹt, bủm, địt | hắt xì, ắt xì | khò, khò khò | oáp, ngáp |

### Cries of distress

| Language | Baby crying | Scream | Shriek |
| Afrikaans | wê | | |
| Albanian | ua-ua, uëë | au, oh, ai, | |
| Arabic | وع وع (wa'-wa' ) | أي (ai) | |
| Azerbaijani | ingə | uf, of, ox | |
| Basque | | ai, aiei, epa | |
| Batak | nguek nguek | alale | ei |
| Belarusian | | ай (aj) | |
| Bengali | ওয়া ওয়া oaa oaa, ভ্যাঁ ভ্যাঁ 'bhaen̐ bhaen̐, ব্য ব্যঁ bae baen̐ ওয়্যা ওয়্যা oae oae অ্যাহ-হে aeh-he | | |
| Bulgarian | уаа уаа (uaa uaa) | ай (aj), ау (au), ох (oh), ой (oj) | |
| Catalan | enguè, engüè, engú | ai, au, ui, uix, oi | hiii, crii |
| Chinese, Cantonese | 哇哇 (waa1 waa1) | 哎呀 (aai1 jaa3) | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 哇哇 (wā wā) | 啊 (ā), 噢 (ō), 哎呀 (āiyā), 哎哟 (āiyō) | |
| Croatian | | jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč | |
| Czech | bé bé [bɛːbɛː] | au, jau | |
| Danish | vræl [ˈvʁεːˀl] | av | |
| Dutch | | au, auw | iek |
| English | wah-wah | ah, arghh ow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes, oof | gah, eek, yikes |
| Estonian | ää-ää | ai, oi | |
| Filipino | uwá | aráy, ay, arúy | |
| Finnish | byääh, yää | au, ai, auts | iik, kääk |
| French | ouin ouin | aïe, ouille, ayoye (Quebec), ouch (Quebec), aw (Quebec), ouaille (Belgium) | hii |
| Galician | | ai | |
| German | wäh-wäh | au, aua, ah, autsch | uwah, waah, ieh |
| Greek | ουά-ουά (ouá-ouá) /uaua/ | ωχ (òkh) | |
| Haitian Creole | | ay | |
| Hebrew | | אָח (àx), אָי (ài), אױ װײ (oy vey) | |
| Hindi | | आहा (àhhà), वाह-वाह (hhàvh-hhàvh) | |
| Hungarian | oá oá | aú, á, jaj | |
| Icelandic | | ái, ói, æi | |
| Indonesian | owe-owe | aduh, ai, aih, awww | wao, huwah |
| Irish | | aigh | |
| Italian | uè-uè | ahi, ahia, ohi | aah, iih |
| Japanese | オギャー (ogyaa) | ギャー (gyā) | きゃあ (kyaa) |
| Kazakh | іңгә-іңгә (in'ga-in'ga) | | |
| Korean | 응애-응애 (eung'ae-eung'ae) | 아 (a), 아야 (aya), 꺄 (kkya) | 으악 (eu-ak) |
| Kyrgyz | ыңаа-ыңаа (yngaa-yngaa) | | |
| Latvian | | vai, au, ā | ai |
| Lithuanian | | ai, oi | |
| Macedonian | | уф (uf) | |
| Malay | uwek-uwek, wek-wek | aduh, adoi, adoiyai, opocot, alamak, omakkau, aaah, haish | iish, eee, iyek |
| Marathi | वँ वँ (waan waan) | आ आ (aa aa), आऽई (aaee) | आऽई (aaee), ईऽ (ee) |
| Navajo | | ayá | |
| Nepali | | आ([aː]), ऐया([ʌi̯jaː]) | |
| Norwegian | | au | |
| Pashtu | | ooauy, why | |
| Persian | vang-vang | آخ (āx), وای (vāy) | آی (āy) |
| Polish | łee | ała (stressed on the last syllable), ła, ał, auuu, auć, aj | aaa |
| Portuguese | buá buá | ah, au, ui | ai |
| Romanian | oa-oa, ue-ue | au, ai, aa, ah | |
| Russian | уа-уа (ua-ua) | ой (oj), ай (aj), ох (okh) | уи-и-и (wi-i-i) (of pig) |
| Serbian | кме-кме (kme-kme) | jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč, jao, ауу | |
| Slovak | | au | |
| Slovenian | | auč | |
| Spanish | buá buá, ro ro | au, ay | |
| Sinhalese | oha oha | | |
| Swedish | uää-uää | aj, oj | ii |
| Thai | อุแว้ อุแว้ (uwae uwae), แง้ แง้ (ngae ngae) | อ๊าก (ak), ว๊าก (wak), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai) | อู๊ย (ui), โอ๊ย (oi), อ๊าย (ai) |
| Turkish | ıngaa | ah, ahh, of, öf, üf | ciyak |
| Ukrainian | | ай (aj), йой (joj), ой (oj) | |
| Urdu | | آہ (-ààh), ooauy | |
| Uropi | | aw | |
| Vietnamese | oa oa, oe oe | a, á, ối, oái | híc |
| Yiddish | | אוי (oy) | |

### Interrupted speech

| Language | Hushing | Pausing or thinking | Stuttering |
| Afrikaans | sjoes, sjuut | | hakkel |
| Albanian | shh, shët | ëëë, ëmm | gaga, gëgë |
| Arabic | suh, hoss | يعني (y'ani) | tahtaha |
| Armenian | լուռ (loor), սուս (soos) | ըը, ըհը (uhh, uhu) | թօթօ (to-to) |
| Basque | ixo | ba... | ele-mele |
| Batak | | | a-ak |
| Bengali | | | থৎমৎ (thôtomôto) |
| Bulgarian | шът (shut, sh't) | ъъъ (aaa) | |
| Catalan | xxt, xst, pst, xit, xist | ai, au, ui, uix | |
| Chinese, Cantonese | 殊 (syu4) | 嗯 (m6, m3) | 甩甩咳咳 (lak1 lak1 kak1 kak1) |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 噓 (xū) | 嗯 (èn) | |
| Croatian | ššš, pssst | | |
| Czech | pš [pʃ] | é [e:]/[ʔ], hmmm, mmm | bla bla |
| Danish | ssh, sshy, schyy all pronounced [ʃː(ʷ)], tys [tˢys], hys [hys] | øh | |
| Dutch | ssst | eh | hakkel, stotter |
| English | hush, shh,shush | uh, um, er, erm, hmmm, mmm | |
| Estonian | kuss, tšš | ee | |
| Filipino | tsut | | sasasasa |
| Finnish | shh, hys | öö | |
| French | chut | heu, euh | |
| German | pst, pscht | äh, ähm | Hawa, hawa, babababa |
| Greek | σσσ (ssss), σσουτ (ssut), σιωπή (sjopí, “silence”) | μα (ma), ε (eh) | |
| Hebrew | שְשש (shh) | אהמ (ehm) | גִּמְגּוּם (gimgum) |
| Hungarian | pissz, psszt | hm, hmm, őő | |
| Icelandic | uss, suss | | |
| Indonesian | ssst | hmmm | a ak |
| Italian | shh | mmm, ehm | |
| Japanese | シー (shh) | うーん (ūn), エート (ēto) | |
| Korean | 쉿 (swit) | 어 (eo), 음 (eum), 그 (keu) | 어쩌고저쩌고 (eojjeogojeojjeogo), 이러쿵저러쿵 (ireokungjeoreokung) |
| Latvian | kuš, ššš | mmm, hmm | |
| Lithuanian | ša, ššš | | |
| Malay | shhht | aaa, amm | ha ha |
| Marathi | शूऽऽ (ssshhhoo), चुप (chup) | हम्ऽ (hmm) | तत पप (tata papa) |
| Norwegian | hysj | ø, øh | |
| Persian | hīs | hmm | tete-pete |
| Polish | ćśśś | hmmm, yyy, eee | y-yh |
| Portuguese | chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu | ããã, âââ, hmm | |
| Romanian | sst, șșt, șșș | ăăă | bâl-bâl |
| Russian | тс-с (ts-s), ш-ш (sh-sh), цыц (tsyts) | хм (hm), эм (em) | ик (ik) |
| Serbian | пссст (pssst), шшш (shhh) | | |
| Sinhalese | | | බැක් බැක් (bäk bäk) |
| Slovak | čššš, pssst | hmmm | bla bla bla |
| Slovene | pšt, pst | hm, em | |
| Spanish | chitón, cht | mmm | |
| Swedish | schh | öh | |
| Tamil | oosshhh | | |
| Thai | จุ๊จุ๊ (chu chu), ชู่ (chuu) | เอ่อ (oe), อืม (uem) | ตะ ตะ ตะ (ta ta ta) |
| Turkish | şişt, şişş | ııı, ee, hmm | kekelemek |
| Ukrainian | цить (tsyt) | | гик (hyk) |
| Uropi | cit, ccc | | |
| Vietnamese | suỵt, xuýt | hmm, hừmm | lắp bắp |

### Expressions of positive emotions

| Language | Laughter | Kiss |
| Afrikaans | ha ha | mwa |
| Albanian | ha ha, hu hu, he he | puç, mpuç |
| Arabic | hà hà | mwa |
| Armenian | քա քա (ka ka), չա չա (cha cha) | |
| Asturian | ḥa ḥa, ḥe ḥe | |
| Basque | kar kar | pa |
| Batak | kakak | ummah |
| Bengali | হাঃ হাঃ hah hah, হীহী hee hee, হো হো ho ho | চুম্ম chummo, চুম্মা chumma, সুম্মা summa, উম্মা umma, উম্ম্বা ummwa |
| Bosnian | ha ha, he he, hi hi | cmok, pusa |
| Bulgarian | хаха (haha), хехехе (hehe), хихи (hihi) | цун (tsun), мляс (mlyas) |
| Catalan | haha, hehe, hihi, hoho, clac clac, clec clec | muà, muac, txuic, xuic |
| Chinese, Cantonese | 哈哈 (haa1 haa1) | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 哈哈 (hā hā), 呵呵 (hē hē), 嘻嘻 (xī xī), 嘿嘿 (hēi hēi) | boh 啵 (This word is a modern creation) |
| Croatian | ha ha, he he, hi hi | cmok |
| Czech | ha ha, cha cha [xa xa], chi chi [xi xi] | |
| Danish | ha ha, hi hi, hæ hæ, ho ho, ti hi | møs |
| Dutch | haha, hihi | smak, mwah |
| English | haha, heh-heh, hoho, (tee)heehee | mwah, smooch, smack |
| Estonian | haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi | mopsti |
| Filipino | haha, hehe, hihi | tsup, mwah |
| Finnish | haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent) | muisk |
| French | haha, héhé, hihi, hoho | mouah, smack |
| German | haha, hihi | muah, schmatz |
| Greek | χαχα (haha), χεχε (hehe) | μα (ma), ματς (mats), μουτς (mouts) |
| Hebrew | חָה־חָה (xà xà) | מוּאָה (mwa) |
| Hindi | | mmuah |
| Hungarian | haha, hehe, hihi, höhö | cupp |
| Icelandic | haha, hehe, (tittering or laughter) híhí | |
| Indonesian | haha, hehe, wakaka, 'wkwkwk' | muahhh, cupp |
| Italian | ah ah, eh eh, ih ih, uh uh | muah |
| Japanese | あはは (ahaha), フフ (fu fu) | チュー (chū) |
| Kazakh | қарқ-қарқ (qarq-qarq) | шөп (sho'p) |
| Korean | 하하 (haha), 케케 (keke) | 쪽 (jjok) |
| Latvian | ha ha | buč |
| Lithuanian | cha cha | pakšt |
| Macedonian | | цмок (tsmoc) |
| Malay | kahkah, haha, kiki, bahahah | muah |
| Malayalam | ഹഹഹ/ഹിഹിഹി(hahaha/hihihi) | ഉമ്മ (umma) |
| Marathi | हा हा (ha ha), खो खो (kho kho) (loud laughter) | उम्ऽमा (umma) |
| Navajo | | ts'oos, k'oos |
| Nepali | हाहा (haha), ahaha | म्म्वाँ |
| Norwegian | ha-ha, he-he, hi-hi, ho-ho | smask |
| Persian | hā-hā, he-he, qāh-qāh | m, mp, māč-o-mūč |
| Polish | haha, hihi, hehe, hoho | cmok |
| Portuguese | haha, kaka, huehua | splish splash, smac, chuac |
| Romanian | ha-ha, hi-hi | smac, ţoc, mua |
| Russian | хаха (haha), хихи (hihi), хехе (hèhè) | чмок (chmoк) |
| Serbian | хаха (haha), хихи (hihi), хехе (hehe) | цмок (cmok) |
| Sinhalese | | උම්ම (umma) |
| Slovak | ha ha, cha cha, hi hi | cmuk |
| Slovene | haha, hihi, hehe, hoho, huhu | cmok |
| Somali | k(h)a k(h)a | |
| Spanish | jaja, jeje, jiji, jojo, juju | mua, muac, chuik (South America) |
| Swedish | haha,hehe,hoho,hihi,höhö,håhå | smack |
| Tamil | hihi | umma |
| Telugu | haha | umma |
| Thai | ฮ่า ๆ ๆ (hahaha) | จุ๊บ (chup), จ๊วบ (chuap) |
| Turkish | haha, hehe, hihi (girly), kikir (girly, sarcastic), hoho (sarcastic) | muck /mudʒ(u)k/ |
| Ukrainian | ги ги [hihi],ги-ги-ги,га-га [haha],ге-ге [hehe],гі-гі [hihi],кха [kkha],і-хи-хи-х [i khi khi kh],haha,іх [ikh],[khe khe],[khi:],[kha:] | цьом (tsiom) |
| Vietnamese | ha ha, hi hi, hô hô, keke, ka ka, hehe, hi hô, hêlo duke huê | chụt |

## Animal sounds
### Bird sounds
#### Domestic birds

| Language | Chicken clucking | Rooster crowing | Turkey calling | Goose calling | Duck calling |
| Afrikaans | kloek kloek | koekeloekoe | | | kwaak |
| Albanian | | kikiriki | glluglluk | gak-gak | mak-mak |
| Arabic | قرقر (qur qur), بق بق بيق (baq baq baiq) | kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo, صقاع (siqā`) | | كواك كواك (kwāk kwāk) | وق وق (waq-waq), بطبطة (batbata) |
| Armenian | ճիտ ճիտ ճիտ (jeed jeed jeed) | tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo, coo-coo-ree-coo | | | |
| Basque | kakara-kakara | kukurruku | | karra-karra | par-par |
| Batak | kotek-kotek | | | | kuak-kuak |
| Bengali | খক খক (khok khok), কক কক (kok kok) | কক্কড়ো (kokkodo), কক্কড়ক (kokkodok), কুক্কুরুক্কু (kukkurukku), খুক্কুরুক্কু (khukkurukku) | | | pnak pnak |
| Bulgarian | ко-ко-ко (ko-ko-ko) | кукуригу (cucurigu) | | квак-квак (kvak kvak) | па-па (paa paa) |
| Catalan | cloc, cloc-cloc | quiquiriquic, cocorococ | glo-glo-gloc, glu-glu | coac-coac, guac-guac, qüec-qüec | coac-coac, mec-mec, nyec, qüec-qüec |
| Chinese, Cantonese | 咯咯 (gok4 gok1) | 咯咯咯咯 (gok4 gok1 gok3 gok6) | | | 呱呱 (gwek4 gwek2) |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 咯咯 (gē gē) | 咕咕咕 (gū gū gū) | | | 嘎嘎 (gā gā), 呱呱 (guā guā) |
| Croatian | kokoda, kokodak | kukuriku | "glu-glu-glu" | ga ga | kva kva |
| Czech | kokodák | kykirikí | hudry hudry | ga ga | káč káč |
| Danish | kuk kuk, gok gok | kykkeliky | | | rap rap |
| Dutch | tok tok tok | kukeleku | | gak gak | kwak kwak, kwaak kwaak |
| English | cluck cluck, bawk bawk, bok bok bok, bok bok b'gawk, buk erk | cock a doodle doo | gobble gobble | honk honk | quack |
| Estonian | kaa-kaa, kaak-kaak | kikerikii, kukeleegu | | kaak kaak | prääk prääk, prääks prääks |
| Filipino | po-kok | tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok | | ong ong | kwak kwak |
| Finnish | kot kot | kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing) | klu klu klu | | kvaak kvaak |
| French | cot cot, cot cot cot, cot cot codet | cocorico | | ca car | coin coin |
| Georgian | | ყიყლიყო (qiqliqo) | | | |
| German | gack gack gack, guaguagua | kikeriki | | gack gack | quak quak |
| Greek | κο κο (ko ko), κλο κλο (klo klo) (sitting) | κικιρίκου (kikiriku) | | | κουάκ κουάκ (kuak kuak) |
| Hebrew | קוּר־קוּר־קוּר (qur qur qur), בָּק־בָּק־בָּק (bàq bàq bàq) | קוּקוּרִיקוּ (quuquuriqu) | | גַּע־גַּע (gaqh gaqh) | גַּע־גַּע (gaʕ gaʕ) |
| Hindi | | ku-kudu-koo | | | |
| Hungarian | kot-kot-kot-kodács | kukurikú | | gá gá | háp háp |
| Icelandic | | gaggalagó | | | bra bra |
| Indonesian | petok-petok | kukuruyuk | | kwak kwak | kwek kwek |
| Irish | | cuc-adiú-dil-ú | | | vác |
| Italian | coccodè | chicchirichi | glu glu | qua qua | qua qua |
| Japanese | コッコッ (kokko) | コケコッコー (kokekokkō) | | ガーガー (gā gā) | ガーガー (gā gā) |
| Kazakh | қыт-қыт (qyt-qyt) | | | | қақ-қақ (qaq-qaq) |
| Korean | 꼬꼬댁 (kko kko daek) | 꼬꼬댁 꼬꼬 (kkokkodaek kko), 꼬끼오 (kko-kki-o) | | 꽤액-꽤액 (kkwae-aek-kkwae-aek) | 꽥꽥 (kkwaek kkwaek) |
| Latgalian | kā kā | kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō | | gā gā | |
| Latin | | cocococo | | | |
| Latvian | kluk kluk | kikerigū | | gā gā | pēk pēk |
| Lithuanian | kud kudak, ko ko ko | kakarykū, kakariekū | šuldu buldu | gar gar | kva kva |
| Macedonian | | кукурику (kukuriku) | | | ква ква (kva kva) |
| Malayalam | | കൊക്കരക്കോ (kokarakkoo) | | | |
| Marathi | | कुकूच-कू (kukooch-koo!) | | | पक पक (pak pak) |
| Nepali | | kukhuri kaa | | | braaaq caaq |
| Norwegian | klukk klukk | kykkeliky | | | kvakk kvakk |
| Persian | qod-qod, qod-qod-qodā(s) | qūqūli qū-qū | | | (Northern) mak-mak |
| Polish | ko ko ko, kod-kodaak | kukuryku | gul gul | gę gę | kwa kwa kwa |
| Portuguese | có có có | cocorocó, cocoricó | | quem quem /qüém qüém/, qua qua | quá quá, quak quak |
| Romanian | cotcodac | cucurigu | | ga ga | mac mac |
| Russian | ко-ко-ко (ko-ko-ko), куд-куда (kud-kuda) | кукареку (ku-ka-re-ku) | | га-га-га (ga-ga-ga) | кря-кря (krja krja) |
| Serbian | кокода (kokoda) | кукурику (kukuriku) | | га (ga) | квак (kvak) |
| Sinhalese | | කුක්කු කූක් කූ (kuku kūk kuu) | | | |
| Slovene | kokodak | kikiriki | (godráti, kevdráti) | ga ga | kva kvak |
| Spanish | coc co co coc | quiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó | glu, glu, glu | cua cua | cua cua |
| Sundanese | | kongkorongok | | | |
| Swedish | kluck kluck, kackel | kuckeliku | | | kvack kvack |
| Tamil | | kokkara-ko-ko | | baack baack | kua kua |
| Telugu | | kokkaro-ko | | | |
| Thai | กุ๊ก ๆ (kuk kuk) | เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก (ek-i-ek-ek) | | | ก้าบ ๆ (kap kap) |
| Turkish | gıt-gıt gıdaak | ü-ürü-üüü /yʔyryʔyː/ | gulu gulu | vak vak | vak vak |
| Ukrainian | | кукуріку (koo-ku-ri-koo) | | ґа-ґа-ґа (ga-ga-ga) | ках ках (kakh kakh) |
| Uropi | | | | | kwa kwa |
| Vietnamese | (cục ta) cục tác | ò ó o (oooooo) | | quạc quạc, cà kếu | cạp cạp |

#### Wild birds

| Language | Bird singing | Crow calling | Owl hooting |
| Afrikaans | twiet twiet | | hoe-hoe |
| Albanian | ciu-ciu | krra-krra | ku-ku |
| Arabic | سِقسِق (siqsiq), غِرد (gharid) (to chirp), زِيو زِيو (ziw ziw) | قاقا qà qà, نعيق (na'eeq), / نعيب (na'eeb) | |
| Armenian | ճիւ ճիւ (jiv jiv) | կաաք, կաաք (gaak, gaak) | պու պու (boo boo) |
| Basque | txio-txio | karra-karra | hu-hu-hu |
| Batak | | | |
| Bengali | kichir michir | কা কা (ka ka) | huup huup |
| Bosnian | čip čip | | |
| Bulgarian | чик-чирик (chik-chirik) | га га (ga ga) | бууу (buuu) |
| Catalan | piu-piu, xiu-xiu | òc-òc | xut |
| Chinese, Cantonese | | 呱呱 (gua, gua) | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 叽叽喳喳 (jī jī zhā zhā) | 哑哑 (yā yā) | |
| Croatian | živ živ, dživ dživ | kra kra | hu hu |
| Czech | píp píp, cvrliki | krá krá | hůůů |
| Danish | pip pip, kvit kvit, kvittevit | kra kra | |
| Dutch | twiet twiet, tjierp, tjielp, tsjilp | kra kra | oehoe |
| English | chirp chirp, tweet tweet, cheep cheep, peep peep | caw caw | hoo hoo, twit twoo (AUS), toowit toowoo |
| Estonian | siuts siuts, siit siit, tsirr tsirr, sirts sirts, siu siu | kraaks kraaks | uhuu |
| Filipino | twit twit | wák wák | |
| Finnish | tsirp tsirp, tviit, piip piip, ti-ti-tyy (great tit) | kraa kraa | huhuu |
| French | cui cui, piou piou | crôa crôa | ouh ouh |
| German | piep piep, tschiep | krah krah | hu hu |
| Greek | τσίου τσίου (tsiu tsiu) | κρα κρα (kra kra) | |
| Hebrew | צִיף־צִיף (tsif tsif), צְוִיץ־צְוִיץ (tswits tswits) | קְרָע־קְרָע (qràqh qràqh) | הוּ־הוווּ (hu-huuu) |
| Hindi | cheh cheh | kaa kaa | |
| Hungarian | csip-csirip | kár kár | hú hú |
| Icelandic | bíbí, tvít tvít | krúnk krúnk | ú ú |
| Indonesian | cit-cit, cicitcuit | kaa kaa, kak kak | kuk-kuk |
| Italian | cip cip, pio pio (chick) | cra cra | huu huu |
| Japanese | (chick) ピヨ ピヨ (piyo piyo), ひいひい (hī, hī), チュンチュン (chun chun) | カアカア (kaa kaa), ガアガア (gaa gaa) | ホウホウ (hō hō) |
| Kannada | | kha-kha | |
| Kazakh | шыр-шыр (shyr-shyr), шық-шық (shyq-shyq) | қарқ-қарқ (qarq-qarq) | |
| Korean | 짹짹 (jjaek jjaek) | 까악까악 (kkaak kkaak) | 부엉부엉 (bu-eong) |
| Latgalian | | krā | |
| Latvian | čiu čiu, čiv čiv | krā | u-hū |
| Lithuanian | čik čirik, čyru vyru | kar kar | |
| Macedonian | чурулик чурулик (churulik churulik) | гра гра (gra gra) | |
| Malay | cip cip | | |
| Malayalam | കൂ കൂ(coo coo) | ക്രാ ക്രാ (kra kra) | |
| Marathi | किलबिल (kil-bil), छिव-छिव (chiw-chiw), कुहू-कुहू (coohoo-coohoo), किल-किल (kil-kil), काव-काव (kaw-kaw) | काव-काव (kav-kav) | |
| Norwegian | | kra kra | |
| Persian | چه‌چه (čah-čah), چهچهه (čah-čahe) | قارقار (qār-qār) | |
| Polish | ćwir ćwir, fiu-fiu | kra kra | hu-huuu |
| Portuguese | piu piu | cra cra | u-huu |
| Romanian | cip cirip, piu piu | cra cra | hu-huuu |
| Russian | чирик-чирик (chirik-chirik), чик-чирик (chik-chirik), чив-чив (chiv-chiv) | кар-кар (kar kar) | угу (ugu), уху (ukhu) |
| Serbian | ћију-ћију (ćiju-ćiju) | кра-кра (kra-kra) | |
| Sinhalese | කුමු-කුමු (kumu kumu) | කාක්-කාක් (kāk kāk) | |
| Slovak | píp píp, čvirik, čvirik | | |
| Slovene | čiv čiv | kra kra | hu hu |
| Spanish | pío pío | cuaa cuaaa, uacc uac | uh, uh |
| Swedish | kvitter kvitter | kra kra, krax krax | ho-hoo |
| Tamil | koo koo | kaa kaa | |
| Telugu | | kaau kaau | |
| Thai | จิ๊บ ๆ (chip chip) | กา กา (ka ka; ka also means a crow) | ฮูก ๆ (huk huk) |
| Turkish | cik cik /dʒik dʒik/, cibili cibili, şak şak | gaak gaak | gu guk guuk |
| Ukrainian | тьох-тьох (t'okh-t'okh), фіть-фіть (fit'-fit' ) | | |
| Vietnamese | chíp chíp | quạ quạ (quạ also means a crow) | hu hú, "cu cu" |

### Mammal sounds
#### Cats and dogs

| Language | Cat meowing | Dog barking | Dog or wolf howling |
| Afrikaans | miaau | woef | |
| Albanian | mjau-mjau | ham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uof | huu, auu |
| Arabic | مُواَء (muwà-) miao ( مياو ) | نباح (nibaah), haw haw, hab hab | عواء (awoooo) |
| Armenian | միաւ (mee-av) | հաւ հաւ (hav hav) | |
| Basque | mau | au-au, txau-txau (small dogs), zaunk-zaunk (big dogs) | ulu-ulu |
| Batak | ngeong | kung-kung | auuung |
| Bengali | মিউ মিউ (miu miu) | ঘেউ ঘেউ (gheu gheu), ভেউ ভেউ (bheu bheu), ভউ ভউ (bhou bhou) | huukka huuya |
| Bulgarian | мяу (mjau) | бау бау (bau bau), джаф джаф (djaff djaff) | аууу (auuu) |
| Catalan | marramèu, mèu, marramau, mau | bup-bup, bub-bub | auu, ahú |
| Chinese, Cantonese | 喵喵 (mēu-mēu) | 㕵㕵 (wōu-wōu) | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 喵 (miāo) | 汪汪 (wāng wāng) | |
| Croatian | mijau; mrnjau (tomcat) | vau vau | auuuuu |
| Czech | mňau [mɲau] | haf haf | auuuuu |
| Danish | mjau, mjav, miau, miav | vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf | |
| Dutch | miauw, mauw | waf waf, woef woef | |
| Egyptian | mjw (miu) | | |
| English | miaow (UK), meow (US) | woof, arf, bow wow, ruff, bark, yap yap, yip yip (small dog) | awoo, aroo |
| Estonian | mäu, mjäu, näu, njau, kurnjau | auh auh | |
| Filipino | meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw | aw aw | |
| Finnish | miau, mau, nau, kurnau | hau hau, vuh vuh | auuu, vouuu |
| French | miaou | ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf | aoouu |
| Galician | | jau jau | |
| German | miau | wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff | |
| Greek | νιάου (niau) | γαβ γαβ (ghav ghav) | αουυυ (auuu) |
| Hebrew | מְיָאוּ (miàw) | הַב־הַב (hav hav), הַאוּ־הַאוּ (haw haw) | אַאוווּ (awooo) |
| Hindi | myaau, myaaoo | भो भो (bho bho) | |
| Hungarian | miaú, nyau | vau vau | |
| Icelandic | mjá | voff voff | |
| Indonesian | meong | guk guk | auuu |
| Italian | miao, miau, mao | bau bau | auuu |
| Japanese | ニャー (nyā) | ワンワン (wan wan), アウアウ (au au, smaller dogs) | ワオーン (waōn), アオーン (aōn) |
| Kannada | | bow bow | |
| Kazakh | мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau) | арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau) | ұұұ (üüü) |
| Korean | 야옹 (yaong) | 멍멍 (meong meong) | 아우우우 (a-uuu) |
| Latgalian | ņau ņau | vau vau | |
| Latvian | mjau, ņau | vau | |
| Lithuanian | miau | au au | aūūū |
| Macedonian | мјау (mjau) | ав ав (av av), џав џав (dzhav dzhav) | |
| Malayalam | ങ്യാവൂ ങ്യാവൂ(ngyaoo ngyaoo) | ബൌ ബൌ(bau bau) | |
| Malay | اياو (iau) | | |
| Marathi | म्यांव (meow/myao) | भो-भो (bho bho) | कुई (kuii) |
| Nepali | म्याउँ | भौ-भौ | |
| Norwegian | mjau | voff voff, vov vov | |
| Persian | میومیو (mioo mioo) | واق واق (vāq vāq), هاف هاف (hāf-hāf) | |
| Polish | miau | hau hau | a-uuu |
| Portuguese | miau | au au, ão ão, béu béu | auuu |
| Romanian | miau | ham ham | auuu |
| Russian | мяу (mjau) | гав-гав (gav gav, big dogs), тяф-тяф (tyaf tyaf, small dogs) | у-у-у (wu-u-u) |
| Serbian | мњау (mnjau) | ав ав (av av) | ауууу (auuu) |
| Sinhalese | ඤාවු (ñāvu) | බුඃ බුඃ (buh buh) | |
| Slovak | mňau | hav-hav, hau-hau, haf-haf | |
| Slovene | mijav | hov hov | auuu |
| Spanish | miau | guau guau | auuu |
| Swedish | mjau, mjao, jam | vov vov, voff voff | |
| Tamil | மியா (miaow(m)) | லொள் லொள் (loll-loll), vovw-vovw, vazh vazh | |
| Telugu | miao(m) | bau bau | |
| Thai | เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew) | โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok) | โบร๋ว์ (brow) |
| Turkish | miyav | hav hav | auuu |
| Ukrainian | няв (niav) | гав (hav) | |
| Urdu | meow | | |
| Uropi | miaw | waw waw | |
| Vietnamese | meo | gâu gâu, sủa sủa | |
| Volapük | miov | | |
| Welsh | miaw | | |

#### Equine sounds

| Language | Horse whinnying | Horse trotting | Horse galloping | Donkey braying |
| Afrikaans | runnik | | | hie hô |
| Albanian | iihihihi | trro-trro, trrok-trrok | | ia-ia, ioo-ioo |
| Arabic | صهيل (saheel) | deregin-deregin | | نهيق (naheeq) |
| Basque | iiiiii | traka-traka | | aja-ja |
| Bengali | chi hni | tag bag | tag bag | |
| Bulgarian | | тъгъдък тъгъдък (tagadak tagadak) | | и-аа и-аа (i-aa i-aa) |
| Catalan | hiii, iii | toc-toc toc-toc [tɔk tɔk] | to-co-toc to-co-toc [tɔkɔ:tɔk] | i-aaa, ihà |
| Croatian | njihaa | klop klop | | i-a |
| Czech | íí-hahá | | | íí-áá |
| Danish | vrinsk | gadagung gadagung | | |
| Dutch | niii, hiii | | kataklop kataklop | ie-aa |
| English | neigh | clip clop | gallop | hee-haw |
| Estonian | ii-ha-haa | koppadi kopp | | |
| Finnish | ii-ha-haa | klip-klop | kopoti kopoti, koppoti koppoti | ihaa |
| French | hiii hiii | pa-ta-clop | cataclop cataclop, dougoudoum dougoudoum | hi han |
| German | wiehiehie | | | i-ah |
| Hebrew | הִי־הִי (hii hii) | | | אִי־אָה (-i-à) |
| Hindi | हिं-हिं (hin-hina) | | | ढैंचू ढैंचू (Dhai.nchu Dhai.nchu) |
| Hungarian | nyihaha | klop-klop-klop | | i-á |
| Icelandic | hneggja | | | |
| Indonesian | yihaa | | | |
| Italian | hiii hiii | clop-clop-clop, cloppete clappete | | ih oh |
| Japanese | ヒーン (hīn) | ガラガラ (gara-gara) | パカラッパカラッ (pakarap-pakara) | |
| Kazakh | мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau) | арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau) | ұұұ (üüü) | |
| Korean | 히잉 (hi-ing) | 다그닥 다그닥 (dag-dak dag-dak) | | |
| Latin | hinni | | | |
| Latvian | ī-ā | klap klap | dipada-dapada | |
| Lithuanian | yhaha, ygaga | taukšt-taukšt | tau tau ta-taukšt | i-haaa |
| Marathi | | tagdak-tagdak तग्डक-तग्डक | | |
| Norwegian | vrinsk | | | |
| Persian | šīhe (شیهه) | pūtikā pūtikā | | عرعر (ar-ar) |
| Polish | iii-haaa | kla-klo kla-klo (actually /ˈǃˈǃʷ ˈǃˈǃʷ/, but with the mouth alternately opening and almost closing) | patataj patataj (stressed on the last syllable) | iii-haa |
| Portuguese | hi hi | pocotó pocotó | | ii-á, ii-ó |
| Romanian | ni-ha-ha | trop trop | | i-ha |
| Russian | и-го-го (i-go-go) | цок-цок (tsok-tsok) (colloquial), тыгыдык-тыгыдык (tygydyk-tygydyk), тыгдым-тыгдым (tygdym-tygdym) | | ии-а (ii-a) |
| Serbian | њиии (njiii) | клоп-клоп-клоп (klop-klop-klop) | | њи-ааа (nji-aaa) |
| Slovenian | iha, ihaha | klop klop | | i-a |
| Spanish | ji ji | tucutun tucutun | | i-o |
| Swedish | gnägg | | | |
| Tagalog | hihihi haha | | | |
| Thai | ฮี้ ๆ (hii hii) | กุบกับ กุบกับ (kupkap kupkap) | | |
| Turkish | ih-hi-i-i | dıgı-dıg dıgı-dıg | | aa-ii |
| Vietnamese | hí hí hí | nhong nhong | cà lộc | |

#### Animals with cloven hoofs

| Language | Cow mooing | Sheep bleating | Goat bleating | Pig grunting | Pig squealing |
| Afrikaans | moe | mê | | | |
| Albanian | muu | behehe, bee | behehe, bee | hunk-hunk | |
| Arabic | moo, ngoah | امباع (mbaa), مأة (maa' ) | ثغاء | قباع (qibaa) | |
| Armenian | | մայ (may) | | | |
| Basque | mu | mee | bee | kurrin-kurrin | |
| Bengali | hamba | myaa myaa | byaa byaa/ ম্যা ম্যা(me me) | ghnot ghnot | |
| Bulgarian | муу (muu) | беее (beee) | меее (meee) | грух грух (gruh gruh) | квич-квич (kvich-kvich) |
| Catalan | mmm, muu | bèè, mèè | bèè, mèè | oinc-oinc, gronyc | |
| Chinese, Cantonese | | 咩 (me1) | | | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 哞 (mōu) | 咩 (miē) | | | |
| Croatian | muu | bee | mee | rok rok | |
| Czech | bůů | béé | meee | chro chro | kvík kvík |
| Danish | muh | mæh | | øf øf, grynt | |
| Dutch | boe | bèh, mèh | | knor knor | |
| English | moo | baa | maa, naa | oink oink | |
| Estonian | ammuu, muu, möö | mää mää | | röh röh röh | |
| Finnish | ammuu, muu, möö | mää, bää | mä-ä-ä-ää. bä-ä-ä-ää | röh röh, nöf nöf | skviik |
| French | meuh, mou | bêêh | | groin groin, grouik grouik | |
| Georgian | | ვეეე (veee) | | ღრუტუ ღრუტუ (ghrutu ghrutu) | |
| German | muh | mäh | | grunz grunz, oink oink | |
| Greek (ancient) | | βῆ (bê) | | ko-i ko-i | |
| Greek (modern) | μoυ (mu) | μεε (mee) | | | |
| Hebrew | מוווּ (muuu) | מֶה (meh) | | אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק (-oinq -oinq), חְרר־חְרר (xrr xrr) | |
| Hindi | moo | | | | |
| Hungarian | mú, bú | bee | mek mek | röf röf, uí uí | |
| Icelandic | mu | mee | | | |
| Indonesian | mooh | mbee, mbek | mbek | grok grok | |
| Italian | mu | bee | | oink oink | |
| Japanese | モーモー (mō mō) | メーメー (mē mē) | メーメー (mē mē) | ブヒブヒ (buhi buhi), ブーブー (bū bū) | |
| Kazakh | мөө (moo) | | | қорс-қорс (qors-qors) | |
| Korean | 음매 (eum-mae) | 매 (mae) 매) ( mae ) | 꿀꿀 (kkul kkul) | |
| Kyrgyz | | маа (maa) | | | |
| Latgalian | mū | | | ruk ruk, kvī kvī | |
| Latin | | bee | | | |
| Latvian | mū | bē, mē | | ruk ruk, kvī kvī | |
| Lithuanian | mū | be | | kvy kvy, kvykt kvykt, kriu kriu | |
| Marathi | हम्मा (hamma) | बँ-बँ (baanh-baanh) | | | |
| Norwegian | mø | bæ | mæ | nøff nøff | |
| Persian | māγ | bā-bā | | | |
| Polish | muuu | beee | meee | chrum chrum | kwi kwi |
| Portuguese | mu mu | meh | béee | ronc ronc, oinc oinc | |
| Romanian | mu | meee, beee | | groh groh | guiț guiț |
| Russian | му (mu) | бее-е (beh) | мее-е (meh) | хрю-хрю (hrju hrju) | |
| Serbian | му (mu) | бее-е (beh) | мее-е (meh) | грок грок (grok grok) | |
| Slovak | múú | béé | méé | kroch-kroch | kvík-kvík |
| Slovene | mu | be | me, mekeke | | cvi |
| Spanish | mu | beee | beee | oinc oinc | cuí |
| Swedish | mu | bä | | nöff nöff, grymt grymt | |
| Tagalog | ungaa | | | ngok ngok | |
| Telugu | అంబా (amba) | mae | | | |
| Thai | มอ (mo) | แบะ แบะ (bae bae) | | อู๊ด ๆ (uut uut), ครอก ๆ (khrok khrok) | |
| Turkish | mö | mee | | | |
| Uropi | mu, muh | bee, beh | | grun grun | |
| Vietnamese | ụm bò | be be | be be | ụt ụt, ụt ịt, ỉn ỉn, ủn ỉn | eng éc |
| Welsh | mŵ | mê | | soch soch | |

#### Other mammals

| Language | Elephant trumpeting | Lion/tiger roaring | Monkey chatting |
| Albanian | tyy, trryy | arr, grr | i-u-a-a, u-u-a-a |
| Arabic | نهيم (naheem) | زئير (za'ir) | ضحك (duhik) |
| Bengali | | haloom | |
| Catalan | hiii, iiiii | arrr, brahh, graa | hiii-hii, iiii-iii |
| Croatian | | | u-u a-a |
| Czech | | | u-u e-e |
| Dutch | toet | grrr | oe-oe a-a |
| English | toot, baraag, nrrr | roar, grrr, rawr, roar | oo-ooh a-aah, ook ook, eek eek |
| Finnish | tööt, trööt | mur | juk juk, tsik tsik |
| French | braah | roarrr, grrr | ouah ah ah hein |
| German | töröö | | |
| Hebrew | | | אוּ־אוּ אַ־אָה (-u-u a-àh) |
| Hungarian | tü-tü | | mak-mak |
| Indonesian | ngoah | aum | kak kak kak |
| Italian | baaa | roar | u-u-ah-ah-ah |
| Japanese | パオーン (paōn) | ガオー (gaō) | ウキウキ (u-ki-u-ki) |
| Kazakh | | арс (ars) | |
| Korean | | 어흥 (eo-heung) | 우끼끼끼 (u-kki-kki-kki) |
| Polish | | wrrr, grrr | u-u |
| Portuguese | | urawr | u-u-u, u-u-ááá |
| Romanian | | grrrrr | |
| Russian | | р-р-р (rrr) | чи-чи-чи (chi-chi-chi) |
| Slovenian | | grr | |
| Spanish | biaaah | grrr | iih, iih |
| Swedish | tuut | | |
| Tagalog | awoo | | hoo-hoo-aah |
| Thai | แป๊น (paen), แปร๊น (praen) | โฮก (hoak) | จี๊ยก ๆ (chiak chiak) |
| Turkish | | ravr | u-u-a-a |
| Ukrainian | | | fru-fru-fru, che-che |
| Vietnamese | ré, rống | goám, gầm, rống | khẹc khẹc |

### Other animals

| Language | Bee buzzing | Frog croaking | Snake hissing |
| Afrikaans | zoem | kwaak | sis |
| Albanian | bëzz, zhh, vzvzvz | krra-krra | pss |
| Arabic | طنين (taneen), دوي (dwii) | نقيق (naqiq) | فحيح (fahih) |
| Armenian, | բզզ (bezuzz), բզզէ (bezuzze) | | |
| Basque | brun-brun | kro-kro | zi-zi |
| Batak | ngung-ngung | | |
| Bengali | gun gun | মক মক (môk môk), কট কট (kôṭ kôṭ), ghangor ghang | phnosh |
| Bulgarian, | бззз (bzzz) | ква ква (kva kva) | ссс (sss) |
| Catalan | bzzz, zum-zum, nyee | ruac ruac, roac roac, rac rac | sss, hss |
| Chinese, Cantonese | 嗡嗡嗡 (jung1 jung1 jung1) | 呱呱 (gwek4 gwek2) | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | 嗡嗡 (wēng wēng) | 呱呱 (guā guā) | 嘶嘶 (sī sī) |
| Croatian | zum zum, bzzz | kre kre | hsss |
| Czech | bzzz | kvá kvá | sss |
| Danish | sum | kvæk kvæk, græbæk | |
| Dutch | | kwaak kwaak | |
| English | buzz, bzzz, (in rural English (as mentioned in Joel Chandler Harris's "Uncle Remus" stories), zoon) | (USA) ribbit, gribbit; (Britain) croak | hiss, sss |
| Estonian | summ-summ-summ | krooks krooks | |
| Finnish | surr, surrur | kurr kurr, kroak | |
| French | bzzz | croa croa | siff |
| Galician | | cro cro | |
| German | summ | gribbit, quaak | zisch |
| Greek | | brekekekex koax koax (ancient, likely Rana ridibunda), κουάξ κουάξ (kuaks kuaks) | |
| Hebrew | בְּזזז (bzzz), זוּם־זוּם (zum zum) | קְוָה־קְוָה (qwà qwà) | סְסס (sss) |
| Hindi | | tarr tarr | hiss |
| Hungarian | zümm | brekeke, brekk, kutykurutty, kvákk | sssz |
| Indonesian | nguing | krok krok | |
| Italian | bzzz, zumm | cra cra, cri cri | pisss |
| Japanese | ブーン (būn) | ケロケロ (kero kero) | シャー (shā) |
| Kazakh | | бақ-бақ (baq-baq) | |
| Korean | 붕 (bung), 윙 (wing), 웽 (weng) | 개굴개굴 (gaegul gaegul) | |
| Latgalian | | kvak kvak, kvā kvā, kvarr kvarr | |
| Latvian | bzz, zumm | kvā kvā | |
| Lithuanian | | kva kva | |
| Macedonian | | кре кре (crè crè) | |
| Marathi | zzz | डरांव-डरांव (darav-darav) | फुस्स (phusss) |
| Norwegian | sum sum | kvekk kvekk, kvakk kvakk | |
| Nepali | bhun bhun, bhununu | | |
| Persian | vez-vez | qūr-qūr | fūke, fūff |
| Polish | bzzz, zzz | kum kum, rech rech | sss |
| Portuguese | zum zum, bzzz | croac croac | sss |
| Romanian | bâzzz | oac oac | sss |
| Russian | жжж (zhhh) | ква ква (kva kva) | шшш (shhh) |
| Serbian | zum zum, bzz | кре кре (kre kre) | |
| Sinhalese | | බක බක baka baka | |
| Slovene | bzzz | kvak kvak, rega kvak | |
| Spanish | zum | croac croac | sss |
| Swedish | surr surr | kvack kvack, ko ack ack ack, kväk | väs |
| Tagalog | zzz | kokak kokak | sss |
| Telugu | | beka beka | buss |
| Thai | หึ่ง ๆ (hueng hueng) | อ๊บ ๆ (op op) | ฟ่อ (fo) |
| Turkish | vızz | vrak vrak | tısss |
| Ukrainian | | ква-ква (kva kva), кум-кум (kum kum), квок-квок (kvok kvok) | |
| Vietnamese | | ồm ộp, ộp ộp | |

## 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
* 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 (nasalized o)
* In Persian, poloq
* In Polish, bum, pyk
* In Portuguese, pá, bum
* In Romanian, poc
* In Russian, bakh бах
* In Serbian, puk
* In Slovene, pok
* In Spanish, pop
* In Swedish, poff
* In Tagalog, putók, pak
* In Thai, โป๊ะ (po), ปั้ง (pang)
* In Turkish, bom
* In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp

### Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

* In 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 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
* 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
* 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 Persian, bang
* In Macedonian, bum бум; pau пау; ra ta ta ta ра та та та
* In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ढिश्क्यँव, dhishum धिशुम
* In Polish, bum-bum; bang-bang, pif-paf and others; tra ta ta ta ta
* In Portuguese, bam, boom, cabum; pá,pum; ratátátá
* In Romanian, bum; poc
* In Russian, ba-bakh ба-бах; pif-paf пиф-паф; tra-ta-ta тра-та-та
* In Sinhalese, ḍisum ඩිසුම්; ḍung ඩුං; ḍaka-ḍaka-ḍaka ඩක-ඩක-ඩක
* In 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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, bum, trach
* 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
* 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

* 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
* 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
* 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, 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, 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

| Language | Dull strike | Falling strike | Sharp strike | Wet strike |
| Afrikaans | doef | plof | klingel, kletter | plons, plas, spat |
| Albanian | pum, bam, llau | pum, pëlltaf, përrtaf | tink, ting | plluq, pëlltuq, pllaf |
| Arabic | | | | بلوف (blūf) |
| Bulgarian | туп (toup), хлоп (khlop) | пльос (plyos), шляп (shlyap) | дзън (dzun) | пльок (plyok) |
| Catalan | | | cling, clang, cataclinc-cataclanc | xap, xof, patatxap |
| Chinese, Cantonese | | | 乒鈴嘭唥 (bìhng līng baang làahng) | |
| Chinese, Mandarin | | | 哐啷, (kuāng lāng), 哐当 (kuāng dāng) | 啪唧 (pā jī) |
| Croatian | tup | pljas, tres, bum, tup | zvek, zvec | šljap |
| Czech | | žuch | cink | plesk |
| Danish | bump, dunk | | | plask |
| Dutch | | plof, plop | klink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingel | plons |
| English | knock, bump, rap, thud, boom, thump | plop, splat, thud, thunk, thonk | clang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow, conk | splash, splish, splosh, splat |
| Estonian | | | | lärts, plärts |
| Finnish | tök, pöksis | | kilin, kolin | loiskis, mäts |
| French | | floc | paf, bim, bam | plouf |
| German | klopf, plumps, platsch | plumps, patsch, plump | klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel | patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp |
| Hebrew | | | זְבֶּנְג (zbang) | |
| Hungarian | | puff, paff | | platty, placcs |
| Indonesian | | bruk, gedebuk | jieb | crot, byur |
| Italian | | | | plop |
| Japanese | ドン (don), ズン (zun) | ぽとり(potori) | カーン (kān) | びちゃっ (bicha) |
| Korean | 퍽 (peok) | 턱 (teok) | 쨍 (jjaeng), 팅 (ting) | 철푸덕 (cheolpudeok), 철퍽 (cheolpeok) |
| Kyrgyz | | | | чалп (chalp) |
| Malay | | | | trushh, shushh, pishh |
| Persian | bāmp | dāmb | jiring | čolop-čolop, pešenge |
| Polish | łup | dup, łubudu (longer, louder) | | plask |
| Portuguese | puf, pluft, pum | ploft, paft, catapluft, pimba | | tchibum |
| Romanian | buf | pleosc, fleoșc | jap, harsht, trosc | |
| Russian | бац (bats) | хлоп (khlop), шлёп (shlyop) | дзынь (dzyn’), звяк (zvyak), клац (klatz) | бултых (bultykh), плюх (plyukh) |
| Slovene | bum, pof | | | špljoc |
| Spanish | toc | plaf, paf | tintin, tilín | splash, plaf |
| Swedish | dunk, duns | | | plask |
| Tagalog | | blag, bug | | plok |
| Tamil | | | | chatak |
| Thai | ตึง (tueng), ตึ้ง (tueng) | โครม (khrohm) | ติ๊ง (ting), ปิ๊ง (ping) | โพล๊ะ (plo), แผละ (plae) |
| Turkish | pof, pot | pat | çang, çing | şap, şop |
| Uropi | | | | plac |
| Vietnamese | | bịch | keng, beng | bẹp, phọp |

### Crunch, сracking (of sticks, bones etc.)

* In Croatian, krc
* In Czech, křup
* In English, crunch, crash, crack
* In Finnish, kräks, krunts, naps
* In Hindi, kadhak
* In Hungarian, reccs
* 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, 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
* 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
* In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon
* 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
* In Croatian, tik tak
* In Czech, tik ťak
* In Danish, tik tak
* In Dutch, tik tak
* In English, tick tock
* In Estonian, tikk takk
* In Finnish, tik tak
* In French, tic tac
* In German, tick tack
* In Greek, tic tac τικ τακ
* In Hebrew, 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, 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
* In Portuguese, tique-taque, 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
* 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, dzyń-dzyń
* In Portuguese, ding dong
* 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
* In French, clic clic
* In German, klack klack klack (typewriter), tipp tipp tipp (computer)
* In Hebrew, klik klik, קְלִיק־קְלִיק
* 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

* In Albanian, frrap
* In Bengali, phash
* In English, fwoosh
* In Russian, chirk чирк

### 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
* 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
* 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, 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, Viiuu viiuu viiuu
* 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
* 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, ปู๊น ปู๊น (pun pun)
* In Turkish, düt düüt

## Physical and natural phenomena
### Electric flowing (buzzing)

* In Albanian, bëzz
* In Afrikaans, zoei
* In English, bzzz buzz
* 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...
* In Romanian, bâz bzzz
* In Spanish, bzzz
* In Swedish, bzzz
* In Thai, tued ตืด

### Electric shock

* In Albanian, zëp, xëp
* In Catalan, pssst.
* In Croatian, bzzzt
* In English, zap
* In Filipino, tssst
* In Finnish, tsäp
* In French, zap
* In German, zapp
* In Japanese, biri ビリッ, bachi バチッ
* In Polish, bzzt
* In Turkish, bızt

### Fire

* In Albanian, vu-vu-vu
* In Afrikaans, knetter
* In Basque, su-su
* In Dutch, knetter
* In English, crackle crackle
* In German, knister knister
* In Hungarian, rip-rop
* In Japanese, Pachi pachi パチパチ
* In Korean, 타닥 tadaak
* In Polish, trzask
* In Slovene, prsk (prasketati, prsket)
* In Swedish, knaster knaster
* In Thai, พรึ่บ (prueb), พรึ่บ พรั่บ (prueb prub)

### Rain

* In English, pitter-patter
* 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 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, jylin
* 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, गड्याङ-गुडुङ
* In Polish, grzmot
* 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
* In Batak, ssssss
* In Croatian, pššššš
* In English, psss
* In German, zisch
* In Hebrew, psss פְּססס
* In Japanese, pushū プシュー
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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, kap kap (kapać is the verb)
* In Portuguese, plim plim, plic plic
* In Romanian, pic pic
* In Russian, kap kap кап-кап
* In Spanish, ploc ploc, pluip pluip
* In Swedish, dripp dropp
* In Tagalog, tuk tuk tuk
* In Tamil, sottu-sottu
* In Telugu, tup tup
* In Thai, ติ๋ง ๆ (ting ting), แหมะ ๆ (mae mae)
* In Turkish, şıp şıp
* In Uropi, plok
* In Vietnamese, tỏng tỏng, toỏng toỏng, tí tách

### White water

* In Batak, soook

### Wind blowing or waves flowing

* In 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
* 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, huuuuuu
* In Portuguese, Vuuuush
* In Romanian, vâj
* In Russian, uu-u уу-у
* In Spanish, fuuuu fuuuu, fgrrrr frgrrrr, aul, zumb, susurr
* In Swedish, svisch
* In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
* In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
* In Telugu, shhhhhhh
* In Thai, วิ้ว วิ้ว (wio wio), ฟิ้ว ฟิ้ว (fio fio)
* In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
* In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào xạc (rustling)

## Others
### Jingling

* In 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, kilin, helin
* 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, 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

## Music

* In Mandarin Chinese, dōng dōng qiāng 咚咚锵