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Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

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

Human sounds

Consuming food or drink

Language	Biting	Eating food	Drinking	Swallowing
hap	gomf, nom, hom-nom-nom	gloeg gloeg gloeg
ham, kërr, krrëk	ham-ham, njam-njam	llup, gllup		välmos-fësh, fër-fër
hum-hum	humm	شرب ()
	nəm nəm	qurt qurt		fıç fıç
kosk, hozk	mauka mauka	zurrut	klik
	nyaum nyaum		guk
	গব গব (), গবা গব (), সপা সপ ()	ঢক ঢক (), ঢগ ঢগ (), ঘট ঘট (), গট গট (), কল-কল ()	ঢোঁক গেলা ()
хрус (), мляс ()	ам ам ()	гльок гльок ()	гъл ()
nyac	nyam nyam	glup	glu glu
	嗦嗦 ( for crunchy foods, in general)		嗗 ()
		咕咚咕咚 (), 咕嚕咕嚕 ()		唰 ()
gric	njam njam	glp glp, glu glu	gut
chřup , chroup	ham, ňam ňam , mňam mňam	glo glo
haps	nam nam, mam mam	slurk, glub	glub, gulp
hap	jam jam	slurp, klok klok klok	slik
chomp	yum yum, nom nom	slurp, glug	gulp	sha-shu
amps	näm näm, nämm nämm	kull kull	lonks
	nam nam		lunók	tsuka tsuka
grunts, hams, hauks, rousk	mums-mums, mussun-mussun, mässyn-mässyn, mässyti-mässyti, nam nam, rousk-rousk-rousk	gluk gluk gluk, gulps, klunks-klunks, hörps, ryyps, ryyst	klup
miam, crounche	miam miam	glouglouglou	gloups
mampf	mampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjam	schlürf, gluck	schluck
		gudgud
	אָממ אָממ ()		שלוּק ()	צחצוח (), שקשוק (, refers to "shaking teeth")
hamm	nyam-nyam, csám-csám	glu-glu, glugy-glugy		sika-sika
kjams	nammi namm	glúgg glúgg
krauk	nyam nyam	glek glek, gluk gluk	glek	sruk sruk
gnam	gnam gnam	glu glu	glu glu
ムシャムシャ ()	モグモグ (), パクパク (ja)	ゴクゴク ()	ごくっ ()	シャカシャカ ()
		лық-лық (), сылқ-сылқ ()	сылқ ()
와작와작 ()	냠냠 (), 얌얌 (), 쩝쩝 ()	꿀꺽 꿀꺽 ()	꿀꺽 ()	치카치카 ()
	шам-шум ()
am	ņam ņam	gul gul
	niam niam	kliuk kliuk
ngap ngap	nyam nyam nyam	glup glup, teguk
	ഞംഞം (), കറുമുറു (, hard/crunchy)		ഗ്ലപ് ഗ്ലപ് ()
कुर्रुम-कुर्रुम ()	मम् मम् ()	गट-गट ()	गटक ()
लापलुप , कर्याम-कुरुम	क्प्प )	घट-घट , कल-कल
	nam nam	glugg glugg
		qolop-qolop
chap, am, chrup (crunch)	mniam mniam, chrup chrup (if hard), mlask	gul gul	gul gul	szuru szuru, szuru buru
nhac, nhoc	nham nham	glup glup
hap, haț	miam miam, niam niam, pleasc-pleasc	gâl-gâl	gogâlț
хрум ()	ам (, quick), ням-ням ()	бульк бульк ()
гриц ()	њам-њам ()
chrum	mňam, ham	glo, glo-glo
gric, hrsk	njam njam	glu, glu-glu
ñam	ñam ñam	glu glu glu, glup	glup
nam-nam	nam nam	glugg glugg, klunk klunk	gulp
	கருக்கு முறுக்கு (, mainly used to indicate crunching)
งั่บ (), ง่ำ ()	ง่ำ ง่ำ ()	อึ้ก (), เอื้อก ()	อึก อึก ()
hart, hurt	ham hum, nam nam	hüüp, lıkır lıkır	gulp	fıtı fıtı
ам (), ням (), хрум (, if crunchy), кусь ()	ням-ням (), хрусь-хрусь (, if crunchy), хлам-хлам (, if hastily), хряп-хряп (, if hastily)	бульк-бульк (), глип-глип (), ґлаґ-ґлаґ ()	ґольґ ()	шурх-шурх (), шорх-шорх ()
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
doef doef	Braak	Proes, Hoes, Roggel	Poep, Knor	Ha-tiesjoe	Snork	Gaap
pam-pam, bam-bam	grrom	këm-këm, gam-gam	përrpërr	tësh, açu, eçu	gërr, grro
, رطم رطم ()			, , or	hatchu
,			,
gup-gup		öhö-öhö	zart, zırt		xor
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, punpa (strongly), panp-panp (nervously)	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
bar-bar-bar	org		put	atcim	korrrr
দুরদুর (), দুরুদুরু (), লাব ডুব (),				হাঁচি (),	, ঘ ঘ ()	hai
туп-туп ()	уриг ()		пръц ()	апчих (), ких ()	хърр ()
tu-tum tu-tum, pu-pum pu-pum	rot	cof, cof	prut	atxim, atxem	rrrr, rau-rau	uà, uaah
						hahay
卜卜 ()	or	()	,	乞嗤 ()	, ,
怦怦 ()"怦怦" in Han Dian online dictionary				阿嚏 ()"阿嚏" in Han Dian online dictionary	呼噜 ()"呼噜" in Han Dian online dictionary
tup tup, bum bum		kah	prd	apćih, apćiha	zzz	zijev
buch buch	krk		prd	hepčí ()	chrrr	zív
dunk dunk, bank bank	bøvs (),bøvs ræb ()ræb		prut, fis	atju, hatju	snork	gab
boenk boenk, boem boem, klop, klop	burp	uche, uche	prot	hatsjoe, hatsjie	snurk, zzz	gaap
thump thump, lub dub, ba-bump	burp	cough cough	fart, toot	achoo	zzz, honk-shoo	yawn, ho-hum
tuks tuks	krooks	köh köh	puuks	atsihh, atsih, aptsihh, aptsih	norr
dub dub dub dub, tibók tibók	ebb		purorót, utót	hatsíng, bahíng	kok-sss	hikab
tu-tum, pu-pum, pumputi-pumputi	baarp, röyh	köh köh	brööt, prut, prööt	atshii, atshiu, atsiuh, ätshii, ätshiu, ätsiuh	krooh pyyh, krrrh-hjuhjuhju	hhauks, huaah
boum boum	beurp	koff koff, teu-heu	prout	atchoum, atchi, atcha	ron pchi, (rrr) zzz	ouaaah
ba-dumm, bumm bumm, poch poch	rülps	hust	pups	hatschi, hatschu	chrr-pfüüh, schnarch, zzz, chhhh, ratze-püh	gähn
ντουκ ντουκ (duk-duk)		βήχα βήχα (vikha vikha)		αψ(ι)ου (aps(i)u)
בּוּם־בּוּם (bum-búm)	גְּרֶפְּס (greps)		פּוּק (pook), פלוץ (flotz)	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825214707/http://morfix.mako.co.il/	date=25 August 2010 }}	חְררר (xrrr)
daṛak (pronounced )				achhee
ta-tamm	böff	köh-köh	pú	hapci	hrr pityipű
dúnk dúnk				atsjú
dag-dig-dug, deg-deg	erk	uhuk-uhuk	pret, prett, tuut	hacciihh	grookkk	hoam
tu tump	rutt		prot	etciú	ronf, zzz
ドキドキ (, nervous excitement, suspense, thrill)	ゲップ ()	ゲホゲホ (), ゴホン ()	ブ (), プ ()	ハクション ()	ぐうぐう ()	フワアーア (
dub bub, dava dava
дүрс-дүрс ()			парт (), парт-пұрт ()	әпшу ()	қорр (), қорр-қорр ()
두근두근 ()	꺼억 ()	콜록 ()	뿡 ()	에취 ()	드르렁 ()	하암 ()
	ruct		prox
tuk-tuk				ačī, apčī		žāv
tuk tuk			pirst	apčiū, apči
туп туп ()				апчиха ()
dup dap dup dap	ə~kk, bəkk		pro~t, pret, poot	achom, achum	krrohh krrohh, dengkur	haaa, nguap
धड धड (), धक-धक ()			ढुस्स (), ढुम ()	आच्छीं (), आच्छू ()	घोर (), घुर्र ()
tsʼidog
ढुक-ढुक	ढ्याउ	ख्याक-ख्याक	ह्वास्स	हाच्छ्यु	घुर-घुर	हाई
dunk dunk				aatsjoo
,					,
bum bum, bu-bum, łup-łup (bumping), puk-puk	bek	kche-kche, khe-khe, kchy-kchy, khy-khy	pierd, prrr, pruk, prut, pryt	a-psik, psik	chrrr, chrrr-pśśś	aaa, ziew
tun-tum	burp		pum	atchim, atchô	zzz	uah
	râg (a râgâi means to burp)		pârț	hapciu	sfor
тук-тук ()		кхе-кхе ()	пук ()	апчхи ()	хр-р-р ()
туп-туп ()			трт ()	апћиха ()
				හචිස් ()
	grg			hapčí
				ačih, ačiha
bum bum bum, tucutún tucutún		tjum, tjum	prt	achu, achís, achú	szzz
du-dunk, du-dunk	rap		prutt	atjoo	snark	gäsp
ตุ้บ ตุ้บ (), ตึ้ก ตั้ก ()	เอิ่ก ()	แค่ก แค่ก ()	ปู้ด (), ป้าด ()	ฮัดเช่ย (), ฮัดชิ่ว ()	ครอก ฟี้ (), ครอก ครอก ()	หาว ()
güm güm, küt küt, güp güp	gark	öhö öhö	zart, zort, pırt	hapşu	hor
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
wê	Yôôôôô	Eish
ua-ua, uëë	au, oh, ai
وع وع ()	أي ()
ingə	uf, of, ox
	ai, aiei, epa
nguek nguek	alale	ei
	ай ()
ওয়া ওয়া (), ভ্যাঁ ভ্যাঁ (), ব্য ব্যঁ (), ওয়্যা ওয়্যা (), অ্যাহ-হে ()
уаа уаа ()	ай (), ау (au), ох (), ой ()
enguè, engüè, engú	ai, au, ui, uix, oi	hiii, crii
哇哇 ()	哎呀 ()
哇哇 ()"哇哇" in Han Dian online dictionary	啊 (), 噢 (), 哎呀 (), 哎哟 ()
	jao, joj, uaijh, au, auč
bé bé	au, jau
vræl vræl	av
	au, auw	iek
wah-wah"wah-wah" from the Oxford English Dictionary	ah, arghh ow, ouch, yeow, yow, agh, eek, yikes, oof	gah, eek, yikes
ää-ää	ai, oi
uwá	aráy, ay, arúy
byääh, vä-hää, yää	ai, aih, au, auh, auts	iik, kääk, ääks
ouin ouin	aïe, ouille, ayoye (Quebec), ouch (Quebec), aw (Quebec), ouaille (Belgium)	hii
	ai
wäh-wäh	au, aua, ah, autsch	uwah, waah, ieh
ουά-ουά ()	ωχ ()
	ay
	אָח (),"Ouch" in Morfix online dictionary אָי (), אױ ײ ()
	आहा (), वाह-वाह ()
oá oá	aú, á, jaj
	ái, ói, æi
owe-owe	aduh, ai, aih, awww	wao, huwah
	aigh
uè-uè	ahi, ahia, ohi	aah, iih
オギャー ()	ギャー ()	きゃあ ()
іңгә-іңгә ()
응애-응애 ()	아 (), 아야 (), 꺄 ()	으악 ()
ыңаа-ыңаа ()
	vai, au, ā	ai
	ai, oi
	уф ()
uwek-uwek, wek-wek	aduh, adoi, adoiyai, opocot, alamak, omakkau, aaah, haish	iish, eee, iyek
वँ वँ ()	आ आ (), आऽई ()	आऽई (), ईऽ ()
	ayá
	आ , ऐया
	au
	,
	آخ (), وای ()	آی ()
łeee	ała (stressed on the last syllable), ał, auuu, auć, aj, ła	aaa
buá buá	ah, au, ui	ai
oa-oa, ue-ue	au, ai, aa, ah
уа-уа ()	ой (), ай (), ох ()	уи-и-и (, pig)
кме-кме ()	, , , , , , ауу
	au
	auč
buá buá, ro ro	au, ay
oha oha
uää-uää	aj, oj	ii
อุแว้ อุแว้ (), แง้ แง้ ()	อ๊าก (), ว๊าก (), โอ๊ย (), อ๊าย ()	อู๊ย (), โอ๊ย (), อ๊าย ()
ıngaa	ah, ahh, of, öf, üf	ciyak
	ай (), йой (), ой ()
	آہ (),
	aw
oa oa, oe oe	a, á, ối, oái	híc
	אוי ()

Interrupted speech

Language	Hushing	Pausing or thinking
sjoes, Sjuut	Erm	Hakkel
shh, shët	ëëë, ëmm	gaga, gëgë
,	يعني ()
լուռ (), սուս ()	ըը (), ըհը ()	թօթօ ()
ixo	ba...	ele-mele
		a-ak
		থৎমৎ ()
шът (, )	ъъъ ()
xxt, xst, pst, xit, xist	ai, au, ui, uix
殊 ()	嗯 (, )	甩甩咳咳 ()
噓 ()"嘘" in Han Dian online dictionary	嗯 ()
ššš, pssst
pš	é or , hmmm, mmm	bla bla
ssh, sshy, schyy all pronounced , tys , hys	øh
ssst	eh	hakkel, stotter
hush, shh, shush	uh, um, er, erm, hmmm, mmm
kuss, tšš	ee
tsut		sasasasa
shh, hys	öö, hmm
chut	heu, euh
pst, pscht, husch, schusch	äh, ähm	Hawa, hawa, babababa
σσσ (), σσουτ (), σιωπή (, “silence”)	μα (), ε ()
שְשש ()	אהמ ()	גִּמְגּוּם ()
pissz, psszt	hm, hmm, őő
uss, suss
ssst	hmmm	a ak
shh	mmm, ehm
シー ()	うーん (), エート ()
쉿 ()	어 (), 음 (), 그 ()	어쩌고저쩌고 (), 이러쿵저러쿵 ()
kuš, ššš	mmm, hmm
ša, ššš
shhht	aaa, amm	ha ha
शूऽऽ (), चुप ()	हम्ऽ ()	तत पप ()
hysj	ø, øh
ćśśś, sza, szszsz	eee, emmm, hmmm, yyy	y-yh
chi, chit, si, xiu, psiu	ããã, âââ, hmm
sst, șșt, șșș	ăăă	bâl-bâl
тс-с (), ш-ш (), цыц ()	хм (), эм ()	ик ()
пссст (), шшш ()
		බැක් බැක් ()
čššš, pssst	hmmm	bla bla bla
pšt, pst	hm, em
chitón, cht	mmm
schh	öh
จุ๊จุ๊ (), ชู่ ()	เอ่อ (), อืม ()	ตะ ตะ ตะ ()
şişt, şişş	ııı, ee, hmm	kekelemek
цить ()		гик ()
cit, ccc
suỵt, xuýt	hmm, hừmm	lắp bắp

Expressions of positive emotions

Language	Laughter	Kiss	Afrikaans	Albanian	Arabic	Armenian	Asturian	Basque	Batak	Bengali	Bosnian	Bulgarian	Catalan	Chinese, Cantonese	Chinese, Mandarin	Croatian	Czech	Danish	Dutch	English	Estonian	Filipino	Finnish	French	German	Greek	Hebrew	Hindi	Hungarian	Icelandic	Indonesian	Italian	Japanese	Kazakh	Korean	Latvian	Lithuanian	Macedonian	Malay	Malayalam	Marathi	Navajo	Nepali	Norwegian	Persian	Polish	Portuguese	Romanian	Russian	Serbian	Sinhalese	Slovak	Slovene	Somali	Spanish	Swedish	Tamil	Telugu	Thai	Turkish	Ukrainian	Vietnamese
ha ha	mwa
ha ha, hu hu, he he	puç, mpuç
քա քա (), չա չա ()
ḥa ḥa, ḥe ḥe
kar kar	pa
kakak	ummah
হাঃ হাঃ (), হীহী (), হো হো ()	চুম্ম (), চুম্মা (), সুম্মা (), উম্মা (), উম্ম্বা ()
ha ha, he he, hi hi	cmok, pusa
хаха (), хехехе (), хихи ()	цун (), мляс ()
haha, hehe, hihi, hoho, clac clac, clec clec	muà, muac, txuic, xuic
哈哈 ()
哈哈 (),"哈哈" in Han Dian online dictionary 呵呵 (),"呵呵" in Han Dian online dictionary 嘻嘻 (),"嘻嘻" in Han Dian online dictionary 嘿嘿 ()	啵 (, this word is a modern creation)
ha ha, he he, hi hi	cmok
ha ha, cha cha , chi chi
ha ha, hi hi, hæ hæ, ho ho, ti hi	møs
haha, hihi	smak, mwah
haha, heh-heh, hoho, (tee)heehee	mwah, smooch, smack
haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi	mopsti
haha, hehe, hihi	tsup, mwah
haha, hahhah, hehe, hehheh, hihi (girly), höhö (unintelligent), hä-hää, kieh-kieh (cunning)	moiskis, muisk
haha, héhé, hihi, hoho	mouah, smack
haha, hihi	muah, schmatz
χαχα (), χεχε ()	μα (), ματς (), μουτς ()
חָה־חָה ()"חָה חָה חָה" in Morfix online dictionary	מוּאָה ()
haha, hehe, hihi, höhö	cupp
haha, hehe, híhí (tittering or laughter)
haha, hehe, wakaka, wkwkwk	muahhh, cupp
ah ah, eh eh, ih ih, uh uh	muah
あはは (), フフ ()	チュー ()
қарқ-қарқ ()	шөп ()
하하 (), 케케 ()	쪽 ()
ha ha	buč
cha cha	pakšt
	цмок ()
kahkah, haha, kiki, bahahah	muah
ഹഹഹ (), ഹിഹിഹി ()	ഉമ്മ ()
हा हा (), खो खो () (loud laughter)	उम्ऽमा ()
	ts'oos, k'oos
हाहा (, ) ,	म्म्वाँ
ha-ha, he-he, hi-hi, ho-ho	smask
, ,	, ,
haha, hihi, hehe, hoho, hyhy	cmok
haha, kaka, huehua	splish splash, smac, chuac
ha-ha, hi-hi	smac, ţoc, mua
хаха (), хихи (), хехе ()	чмок ()
хаха (), хихи (), хехе ()	цмок ()
	උම්ම ()
ha ha, cha cha, hi hi	cmuk
haha, hihi, hehe, hoho, huhu	cmok
k(h)a k(h)a
jaja, jeje, jiji, jojo, juju	mua, muac, chuik (South America)
haha, hehe, hoho, hihi, höhö, håhå	smack
ฮ่า ๆ ๆ ()	จุ๊บ (), จ๊วบ ()
haha, hehe, hihi (girly), kikir (girly, sarcastic), hoho (sarcastic)	muck
ги ги (), ги-ги-ги, га-га (), ге-ге (), гі-гі (), кха (), і-хи-хи-х (, haha, іх (), , ,	цьом ()
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
kloek kloek	koekeloekoe	koel-koel	Gaggel, blaas	kwaak
	kikiriki	glluglluk	gak-gak	mak-mak
قرقر (), بق بق بيق ()	, , , صقاع ()		كواك كواك ()	وق وق (), بطبطة ()الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي
ճիտ ճիտ ճիտ ()	,
kakara-kakara	kukurruku		karra-karra	par-par
kotek-kotek				kuak-kuak
খক খক (), কক কক ()	কক্কড়ো (), কক্কড়ক (), কুক্কুরুক্কু (), খুক্কুরুক্কু ()
ко-ко-ко ()	кукуригу ()		квак-квак ()	па-па ()
cloc, cloc-cloc	quiquiriquic, cocorococ	glo-glo-gloc, glu-glu	coac-coac, guac-guac, qüec-qüec	coac-coac, mec-mec, nyec, qüec-qüec
咯咯 ()	咯咯咯咯 ()			呱呱 ()
咯咯 ()	咕咕咕 ()			嘎嘎 (),"嘎嘎" in Han Dian online dictionary 呱呱 (guā guā)"呱呱" in Han Dian online dictionary
kokoda, kokodak	kukuriku	glu-glu-glu	ga ga	kva kva
kokodák	kykirikí	hudry hudry	ga ga	káč káč
kuk kuk, gok gok	kykkeliky			rap rap
tok tok tok	kukeleku		gak gak	kwak kwak, kwaak kwaak
cluck cluck, bawk bawk, bok bok bok, bok bok b'gawk, buk erk	cock a doodle doo	gobble gobble	honk honk	quack
kaa-kaa, kaak-kaak	kikerikii, kukeleegu		kaak kaak	prääk prääk, prääks prääks
po-kok	tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok		ong ong	kwak kwak
kot kot, kot kot kot, kot-kot-kot kooot kot-kot-kot, pot pot pot	kukkokiekuu, kukkerikuu, kukkuruuruu, kukkuluuruu	klu klu klu	honk honk	kvaak kvaak, kvääk-kvääk-kvääk
cot cot, cot cot cot, cot cot codet	cocorico		ca car	coin coin
	ყიყლიყო ()
gack gack gack, guaguagua	kikeriki		gack gack	quak quak
κο κο (), κλο κλο (klo klo) (sitting)	κικιρίκου ()			κουάκ κουάκ ()
קוּר־קוּר־קוּר (), בָּק־בָּק־בָּק ()	קוּקוּרִיקוּ ()		גַּע־גַּע ()	גַּע־גַּע ()
kot-kot-kot-kodács	kukurikú		gá gá	háp háp
	gaggalagó			bra bra
petok-petok	kukuruyuk		kwak kwak	kwek kwek
	cuc-adiú-dil-ú			vác
coccodè	chicchirichi	glu glu	qua qua	qua qua
コッコッ ()	コケコッコー ()		ガーガー ()	ガーガー ()
қыт-қыт ()				қақ-қақ ()
꼬꼬댁 ()	꼬꼬댁 꼬꼬 (), 꼬끼오 ()		꽤액-꽤액 ()	꽥꽥 ()
kā kā	kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō		gā gā
	cocococo
kluk kluk	kikerigū		gā gā	pēk pēk
kud kudak, ko ko ko	kakarykū, kakariekū	šuldu buldu	gar gar	kva kva
	кукурику ()			ква ква ()
	കൊക്കരക്കോ ()
	कुकूच-कू ()			पक पक ()"**" from the Marathi Wikipedia
klukk klukk	kykkeliky			kvakk kvakk
,				(Northern)
ko ko ko, kod-kodaak	kukuryku	gul gul	gę gę	kwa kwa kwa, kwak kwak
có có có	cocorocó, cocoricó		quem quem , qua qua	quá quá, quak quak
cotcodac	cucurigu		ga ga	mac mac
ко-ко-ко (), куд-куда ()	кукареку ()		га-га-га ()	кря-кря ()
кокода ()	кукурику ()		га ()	квак ()
	කුක්කු කූක් කූ ()
kokodak	kikiriki	godráti, kevdráti	ga ga	kva kvak
coc co co coc	quiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó	glu, glu, glu	cua cua	cua cua
kluck kluck, kackel	kuckeliku			kvack kvack
กุ๊ก ๆ ()	เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก ()			ก้าบ ๆ ()
gıt-gıt gıdaak	ü-ürü-üüü	gulu gulu	vak vak	vak vak
	кукуріку ()		ґа-ґа-ґа ()	ках ках ()
				kwa kwa
(cục ta) cục tác	ò ó o (oooooo)		quạc quạc, cà kếu	cạp cạp

Wild birds

Language	Bird singing	Crow calling
twiet twiet	Kraai	hoe-hoe
ciu-ciu	krra-krra	ku-ku
سِقسِق (), غِرد () (to chirp), زِيو زِيو ()	قاقا (), نعيق (),الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي / نعيب ()الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي
ճիւ ճիւ ()	կաաք, կաաք ()	պու պու ()
txio-txio	karra-karra	hu-hu-hu
	কা কা ()
čip čip
чик-чирик ()	га га ()	бууу ()
piu-piu, xiu-xiu	òc-òc	xut
	呱呱 ()
叽叽喳喳 ()"叽叽喳喳" in Han Dian online dictionary	哑哑 ()"哑哑" in Han Dian online dictionary
živ živ, dživ dživ	kra kra	hu hu
píp píp, cvrliki	krá krá	hůůů
pip pip, kvit kvit, kvittevit	kra kra
twiet twiet, tjierp, tjielp, tsjilp	kra kra	oehoe
chirp chirp, tweet tweet, cheep cheep, peep peep	caw caw	hoo hoo, twit twoo (AUS), toowit toowoo
siuts siuts, siit siit, tsirr tsirr, sirts sirts, siu siu	kraaks kraaks	uhuu
twit twit	wák wák
tsirp tsirp, tviit tviit, piip piip, ti-ti-tyy (great tit), kukkuu (common cuckoo)	kraa kraa, kraaak	huhuu, huu-u huhuu-u, pu-pu-pu
cui cui, piou piou	crôa crôa	ouh ouh
piep piep, tschiep	krah krah	hu hu, uh huh
τσίου τσίου ()	κρα κρα ()
צִיף־צִיף (), צְוִיץ־צְוִיץ ()	קְרָע־קְרָע ()	הוּ־הוווּ ()
csip-csirip	kár kár	hú hú
bíbí, tvít tvít	krúnk krúnk	ú ú
cit-cit, cicitcuit	kaa kaa, kak kak	kuk-kuk
cip cip, pio pio (chick)	cra cra	huu huu
(chick) ピヨピヨ (), ひいひい (), チュンチュン ()	カアカア (), ガアガア ()	ホウホウ ()
шыр-шыр (), шық-шық ()	қарқ-қарқ ()
짹짹 ()	까악까악 ()	부엉부엉 ()
	krā
čiu čiu, čiv čiv	krā	u-hū
čik čirik, čyru vyru	kar kar
чурулик чурулик ()	гра гра ()
cip cip
കൂ കൂ ()	ക്രാ ക്രാ ()
किलबिल (), छिव-छिव (), कुहू-कुहू (), किल-किल (), काव-काव ()	काव-काव ()
	kra kra
چه‌چه (), چهچهه ()	قارقار ()
ćwierk, ćwir ćwir, ćwirk, czyr czyr, czyrk, fiu-fiu, kuku (cuckoo), ti ti ti, ti-riit	kra kra, krak	hu-huuu
piu piu	cra cra	u-huu
cip cirip, piu piu	cra cra	hu-huuu
чирик-чирик (), чик-чирик (), чив-чив ()	кар-кар ()	угу (), уху ()
ћију-ћију ()	кра-кра ()
කුමු-කුමු ()	කාක්-කාක් ()
píp píp, čvirik, čvirik
čiv čiv	kra kra	hu hu
pío pío	cuaa cuaaa, uacc uac	uh, uh
kvitter kvitter	kra kra, krax krax	ho-hoo
จิ๊บ ๆ ()	กา กา (; also means a crow)	ฮูก ๆ ()
cik cik , cibili cibili, şak şak	gaak gaak	gu guk guuk
тьох-тьох (), фіть-фіть ()
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	Albanian
miaau	Small dogs woef & large dogs boef	Ba-hoe
mjau-mjau	ham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uof	huu, auu
مُواَء () مياو ()	نباح (), ,	عواء ()
միաւ ()	հաւ հաւ ()
mau	au-au, txau-txau (small dogs), zaunk-zaunk (big dogs)	ulu-ulu
ngeong	kung-kung	auuung
মিউ মিউ ()	ঘেউ ঘেউ (), ভেউ ভেউ (), ভউ ভউ ()
мяу ()	бау бау (), джаф джаф ()	аууу ()
marramèu, mèu , marramau, mau	bup-bup, bub-bub	auu, ahú
喵喵 ()	㕵㕵 ()
喵 ()"喵" in Han Dian online dictionary	汪汪 ()"汪汪" in Han Dian online dictionary
mijau; mrnjau (tomcat)	vau vau	auuuuu
mňau	haf haf	auuuuu
mjau, mjav, miau, miav	vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf
miauw, mauw	waf waf, woef woef
()
miaow (UK), meow (US)	woof, arf, bow wow, ruff, bark, yap yap, yip yip (small dog)	awoo, aroo
mäu, mjäu, näu, njau, kurnjau	auh auh
meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw	aw aw
miau, mau, nau, kurnau, purnau	hau hau, vuh vuh	auuu, vouuu
miaou	ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf	aoouu
	jau jau
miau	wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff
νιάου ()	γαβ γαβ ()	αουυυ ()
מְיָאוּ ()	הַב־הַב (), הַאוּ־הַאוּ ()	אַאוווּ ()
,	भो भो ()
miaú, nyau	vau vau
mjá	voff voff
meong	guk guk	auuu
miao, miau, mao	bau bau	auuu
ニャー ()	ワンワン (), アウアウ (, smaller dogs)	ワオーン (), アオーン ()
мияу-мияу ()	арп-арп (), шәу-шәу ()	ұұұ ()
야옹 ()	멍멍 ()	아우우우 ()
ņau ņau	vau vau
mjau, ņau	vau
miau	au au	aūūū
мјау ()	ав ав (), џав џав ()
ങ്യാവൂ ങ്യാവൂ ()	ബൌ ബൌ ()
اياو ()
म्यांव ()	भो-भो ()	कुई ()
म्याउँ ()	भौ-भौ ()
mjau	voff voff, vov vov
میومیو ()	واق واق (), هاف هاف ()
miau, miauk, mru (purr), mrrr (purr)	hau hau	ałuuu, a-uuu
miau	au au, ão ão, béu béu	auuu
miau	ham ham	auuu
мяу (), мур (, purr)	гав-гав (, big dogs), тяф-тяф (, small dogs)	у-у-у ()
мњау ()	ав ав ()	ауууу ()
ඤාවු ()	බුඃ බුඃ ()
mňau	hav-hav, hau-hau, haf-haf
mijav	hov hov	auuu
miau	guau guau	auuu
mjau, mjao, jam	vov vov, voff voff
மியா ()	லொள் லொள் (), ,
	bau bau
เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew)	โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok)	โบร๋ว์ (brow)
miyav	hav hav	auuu
няв (niav)	гав (hav)
url=http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html	title=Derek Abbott's Animal Noise Page	access-date=2009-09-18	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217000528/http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html	archive-date=2011-02-17	url-status=dead }}
miaw	waw waw
meo	gâu gâu, sủa sủa
miov
miaw

Equine sounds

Language	Horse whinnying	Horse trotting	Horse galloping
runnik	poetiekop-poetiekop		hie hô
iihihihi	trro-trro, trrok-trrok		ia-ia, ioo-ioo
صهيل (saheel)	deregin-deregin		نهيق (naheeq)
iiiiii	traka-traka		aja-ja
chi hni	tag bag	tag bag
	тъгъдък тъгъдък (tagadak tagadak)		и-аа и-аа (i-aa i-aa)
hiii, iii	toc-toc toc-toc [tɔk tɔk]	to-co-toc to-co-toc [tɔkɔ:tɔk]	i-aaa, ihà
njihaa	klop klop		i-a
íí-hahá			íí-áá
vrinsk	gadagung gadagung
niii, hiii		kataklop kataklop	ie-aa
neigh	clip clop	gallop	hee-haw
ii-ha-haa	koppadi kopp
ii-ha-haa, hirnau	klip-klop	kopoti kopoti, koppoti koppoti	ihaa, hii-haa, hii-hoo
hiii hiii	pa-ta-clop	cataclop cataclop, dougoudoum dougoudoum	hi han
wiehiehie			i-ah
הִי־הִי (hii hii)			אִי־אָה (-i-à)
हिं-हिं (hin-hina)			ढैंचू ढैंचू (Dhai.nchu Dhai.nchu)
nyihaha	klop-klop-klop		i-á
hneggja
			yihaa
hiii hiii	clop-clop-clop, cloppete clappete		ih oh
ヒーン (hīn)	ガラガラ (gara-gara)	パカラッパカラッ (pakarap-pakara)
мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau)	арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau)	ұұұ (üüü)
히잉 (hi-ing)	다그닥 다그닥 (dag-dak dag-dak)
hinni
ī-ā	klap klap	dipada-dapada
yhaha, ygaga	taukšt-taukšt	tau tau ta-taukšt	i-haaa
	tagdak-tagdak तग्डक-तग्डक
vrinsk
šīhe (شیهه)	pūtikā pūtikā		عرعر (ar-ar)
iii-haaa, ihaha	kla kla, kla-klo kla-klo (actually /[](alveolar-click)/, but with the mouth alternately opening and almost closing)	patataj patataj (stressed on the last syllable)	iii-haa, i-o
hi hi	pocotó pocotó		ii-á, ii-ó
ni-ha-ha	trop trop		i-ha
и-го-го (i-go-go)	цок-цок (tsok-tsok) (colloquial), тыгыдык-тыгыдык (tygydyk-tygydyk), тыгдым-тыгдым (tygdym-tygdym)		ии-а (ii-a)
њиии (njiii)	клоп-клоп-клоп (klop-klop-klop)		њи-ааа (nji-aaa)
iha, ihaha	klop klop		i-a
ji ji	tucutun tucutun		i-o
gnägg
hihihi haha
ฮี้ ๆ (hii hii)	กุบกับ กุบกับ (kupkap kupkap)
ih-hi-i-i	dıgı-dıg dıgı-dıg		aa-ii
hí hí hí	nhong nhong	cà lộc

Animals with cloven hooves

Language	Cow mooing	Sheep bleating	Goat bleating	Pig grunting	Pig squealing	Afrikaans	Albanian	Arabic	Armenian	Basque
moe	mê		oink-oink
muu	behehe, bee	behehe, bee	hunk-hunk
moo, ngoah	امباع (mbaa), مأة (maa' )	title=ثغاء	url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/arabic-english/%D8%AB%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%A1	website=Reverso Dictionary	publisher=Reverso-Softissimo	accessdate=13 April 2018}}	قباع (qibaa)
	մայ (may)
mu	mee	bee	kurrin-kurrin
hamba	myaa myaa	byaa byaa/ ম্যা ম্যা(me me)	ghnot ghnot
муу (muu)	беее (beee)	меее (meee)	грух грух (gruh gruh)	квич-квич (kvich-kvich)
mmm, muu	bèè, mèè	bèè, mèè	oinc-oinc, gronyc
	咩 (me1)
哞 (mōu)"哞" in Han Dian online dictionary	咩 (miē)"咩" in Han Dian online dictionary
muu	bee	mee	rok rok
bůů	béé	meee	chro chro	kvík kvík
muh	mæh		url=http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=grynt	title=Grynt — den Danske Ordbog}}
boe	bèh, mèh		knor knor
moo	baa	maa, naa	oink oink
ammuu, muu, möö	mää mää		röh röh röh
ammuu, muu, muuh, möö	mää, mähää, bää	mä-ä-ä-ää, bä-ä-ä-ää, mä-kä-kää	röh röh röh, nöf nöf	skviik
meuh, mou	bêêh		groin groin, grouik grouik
	ვეეე (veee)		ღრუტუ ღრუტუ (ghrutu ghrutu)
muh	mäh		grunz grunz, oink oink
	βῆ (bê)		last1=Aristophanes	first1=son of Philippus	title=Acharnians	date=1920	publisher=Liveright	location=New York	page=780	url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-eng1:750-798}}
μoυ (mu)	μεε (mee)
מוווּ (muuu)	מֶה (meh)		אוֹינְק־אוֹינְק (-oinq -oinq), חְרר־חְרר (xrr xrr)
moo
mú, bú	bee	mek mek	röf röf, uí uí
mu	mee
mooh	mbee, mbek	mbek	grok grok
mu	bee		oink oink
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)
мөө (moo)			қорс-қорс (qors-qors)
음매 (eum-mae)	매 (mae)	꿀꿀 (kkul kkul)
	маа (maa)
mū			ruk ruk, kvī kvī
	bee
mū	bē, mē		ruk ruk, kvī kvī
mū	be		kvy kvy, kvykt kvykt, kriu kriu
हम्मा (hamma)	बँ-बँ (baanh-baanh)
mø	bæ	mæ	nøff nøff
māγ	bā-bā
muuu	beee	meee	chrrr chrrr, chrum chrum, chrumk chrumk	kwi kwi, kwik
mu mu	meh	béee	ronc ronc, oinc oinc
mu	meee, beee		groh groh	guiț guiț
му (mu)	бее-е (beh)	мее-е (meh)	хрю-хрю (hrju hrju)
му (mu)	бее-е (beh)	мее-е (meh)	грок грок (grok grok)
múú	béé	méé	kroch-kroch	kvík-kvík
mu	be	me, mekeke		cvi
mu	beee	beee	oinc oinc	cuí
mu	bä		nöff nöff, grymt grymt
ungaa			ngok ngok
అంబా (amba)	mae
มอ (mo)	แบะ แบะ (bae bae)		อู๊ด ๆ (uut uut), ครอก ๆ (khrok khrok)
mö	mee
mu, muh	bee, beh		grun grun
ụm bò	be be	be be	ụt ụt, ụt ịt, ỉn ỉn, ủn ỉn	eng éc
mŵ	mê		soch soch

Other mammals

Language	Elephant trumpeting	Lion/tiger roaring
trompetter, ronk	brul	boggom, babbel, a-a-a
tyy, trryy	arr, grr	i-u-a-a, u-u-a-a
نهيم (naheem)الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي	زئير (za'ir)	ضحك (duhik)
	haloom
hiii, iiiii	arrr, brahh, graa	hiii-hii, iiii-iii
		u-u a-a
		u-u e-e
toet	grrr	oe-oe a-a
toot, baraag, nrrr	roar, grrr, rawr, roar	oo-ooh a-aah, ook ook, eek eek
tööt, trööt, töttöröö	grrr, murr, rrauh, räyhh, roaarh	juk juk juk, tsik tsik
braah	roarrr, grrr	ouah ah ah hein
töröö
		אוּ־אוּ אַ־אָה (-u-u a-àh)
tü-tü		mak-mak
ngoah	aum	kak kak kak
baaa	roar	u-u-ah-ah-ah
パオーン (paōn)	ガオー (gaō)	ウキウキ (u-ki-u-ki)
	арс (ars)
	어흥 (eo-heung)	우끼끼끼 (u-kki-kki-kki)
trąb trąb, tru tru, trrr	grrr, wark, wrrr	cha cha cha, chi chi chi, u-u, u-u a-a, u-u-u a-a-a
	urawr	u-u-u, u-u-ááá
	grrrrr
	р-р-р (rrr)	чи-чи-чи (chi-chi-chi)
	grr
biaaah	grrr	iih, iih
tuut
awoo		hoo-hoo-aah
แป๊น (paen), แปร๊น (praen)	โฮก (hoak)	เจี๊ยก ๆ (chiak chiak)
	ravr	u-u-a-a
		fru-fru-fru, che-che
ré, rống	goám, gầm, rống	khẹc khẹc

Other animals

Language	Bee buzzing	Frog croaking	Snake hissing	Afrikaans	Albanian	Arabic	Armenian,	Basque	Batak
zoem	kwaak	sis
bëzz, zhh, vzvzvz	krra-krra	pss
طنين (taneen), دوي (dwii)	نقيق (naqiq)	title=The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic	publisher=Spoken Language Services	year=1993	isbn=978-0879500030	editor-last=Cowan	editor-first=J.M.	edition=4	page=817}}
բզզ (bezuzz), բզզէ (bezuzze)
brun-brun	kro-kro	zi-zi
ngung-ngung
gun gun	মক মক (môk môk), কট কট (kôṭ kôṭ), ghangor ghang	phnosh
бззз (bzzz)	ква ква (kva kva)	ссс (sss)
bzzz, zum-zum, nyee	ruac ruac, roac roac, rac rac	sss, hss
嗡嗡嗡 (jung1 jung1 jung1)	呱呱 (gwek4 gwek2)
嗡嗡 (wēng wēng)"嗡嗡" in Han Dian online dictionary	呱呱 (guā guā)	嘶嘶 (sī sī)
zum zum, bzzz	kre kre	hsss
bzzz	kvá kvá	sss
sum	date=December 2017}}
	kwaak kwaak
buzz, bzzz, (in rural English (as mentioned in Joel Chandler Harris's "Uncle Remus" stories), zoon)	(USA) ribbit, gribbit; (Britain) croak	hiss, sss
summ-summ-summ	krooks krooks
surr, surrur, bzzz	kuak-kuak, kurr kurr, kroak, kvaak	hssss
bzzz	croa croa	siff
	cro cro
summ	gribbit, quaak	zisch
	brekekekex koax koax (ancient, likely Rana ridibunda), κουάξ κουάξ (kuaks kuaks)
בְּזזז (bzzz), זוּם־זוּם (zum zum)	קְוָה־קְוָה (qwà qwà)	סְסס (sss)
	tarr tarr	hiss
zümm	brekeke, brekk, kutykurutty, kvákk	sssz
nguing	krok krok
bzzz, zumm	cra cra, cri cri	pisss
ブーン (būn)	ケロケロ (kero kero)	シャー (shā)
	бақ-бақ (baq-baq)
붕 (bung), 윙 (wing), 웽 (weng)	개굴개굴 (gaegul gaegul)
	kvak kvak, kvā kvā, kvarr kvarr
bzz, zumm	kvā kvā
	kva kva
	кре кре (crè crè)
zzz	डरांव-डरांव (darav-darav)	फुस्स (phusss)
sum sum	kvekk kvekk, kvakk kvakk
bhun bhun, bhununu
vez-vez	qūr-qūr	fūke, fūff
bzyk, bzzz, zzz	kum kum, rebet rebet, rech rech, rechu rechu	sss
zum zum, bzzz	croac croac	sss
bâzzz	oac oac	sss
жжж (zhhh)	ква ква (kva kva)	шшш (shhh)
zum zum, bzz	кре кре (kre kre)
	බක බක baka baka
bzzz	kvak kvak, rega kvak
zum	croac croac	sss
surr surr	kvack kvack, ko ack ack ack, kväk	väs
zzz	kokak kokak	sss
	beka beka	buss
หึ่ง ๆ (hueng hueng)	อ๊บ ๆ (op op)	ฟ่อ (fo)
vızz	vrak vrak	tısss
	ква-ква (kva kva),"КВА" in «Словник української мови» кум-кум (kum kum),"КУМ" in «Словник української мови» квок-квок (kvok kvok)
	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, pof, pam
In French, bang, pop
In German, bäng, peng, plop
In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
In Hindi, thaa, phatt
In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
In Indonesian, dor
In Italian, bum
In Japanese, pan 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
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, 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
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, 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"Bang" in Babylon dictionary
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

In Afrikaans, prrr-pa
In Albanian, përr-përr-përr, dum-dum-dum
In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput
In Italian, rrra-tatatatata...
In Malay, prreng prreng
In Polish, pyr pyr pyr
In Romanian, pâr pâr
In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr дыр-дыр-дыр
In Spanish, tac tac tac

Knocking

In Albanian, tak-tak, tok-tok, trok-trok
In Arabic, daqqa دَقَّ
In Afrikaans, klop-klop, tok-tok
In Batak, tok-tok-tok
In Bengali, khat khat, takatak, thok thok
In Bosnian, kuc kuc
In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
In Catalan, toc toc
In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当
In Croatian, kuc kuc
In Czech, ťuk ťuk
In Danish, bank bank
In Dutch, klop klop
In English, knock knock, bang bang bang
In Finnish, kop kop, tok-tok-tok
In Estonian, kopp kopp
In French, toc toc
In German, klopf klopf
In Greek, τοκ τοκ
In Hebrew, tuq tuq תּוּק־תּוּק"תּוּק תּוּק" in Morfix online dictionary
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 Shona, goh-goh-goi
In Slovenian, tok tok
In Spanish, toc toc, tun tun
In Swedish, knack knack
In Tagalog, tok tok tok
In Thai, 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			date=November 2011}} (kuāng dāng)	啪唧 (pā jī)
Croatian	tup	pljas, tres, bum, tupUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of humanities and social sciences, Department of East Slavic languages and literatures, Chair of Russian language, Master Thesis, PROBLEMS IN THE TRANSLATION OF RUSSIAN COMICS (Ivana Ivančić), 2015	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	töks, pöksis, pof	fummmp, tumps, tömps	kilin kolin	loiskis, mäts, pläts, läts, lätsis
French		floc	paf, bim, bam	plouf
German	klopf, plumps, platsch	plumps, patsch, plump	klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel	patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp
Hebrew			url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807060951/http://morfix.mako.co.il/default.aspx?q=%D7%96%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92&source=milon	date=7 August 2011}} in Morfix online dictionary (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	bam, łup, łubudu, łubudubu	dup, lu, łu, łubudu (longer, louder)		chlap, chlup, mlask, plask, plum, plumk, plusk
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 Afrikaans, Kraak
In Croatian, krc
In Czech, křup
In English, crunch, crash, crack
In Finnish, kräks, krunts, runts, naps, krak, niks, niks naks
In Hindi, kadhak
In Hungarian, reccs
in Polish: chrup, krach, trzask
In Russian, khryas хрясь, khrust хрусть
In Slovenian, škrt (škrtati)
In Turkish, çatır
In Vietnamese, rắc

Machinery

Camera shutter

In Albanian, klik
In Afrikaans, klik
In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك
In Basque, klisk
In Batak, ceklek
In Bulgarian, щрак (shtrak)
In Catalan, cx, xic, txc or txic
In Chinese, Mandarin, kā chā咔嚓
In Croatian, klik
In Czech, cvak
In Danish, klik
In Dutch, klik
In English, click
In Estonian, klõps, plõks
In Finnish, klik
In French, clic
In German, klick
In Hebrew, chik צִ'יק
In Hungarian, klikk
In Italian, clic
In Indonesian, cepret, cekrek
In Japanese, pasha パシャ
In Korean, chalkak 찰칵
In Kyrgyz, чырк
In Latvian, klik klik
In Malay, cekek cekek
In Nepali, खिचिक्क
In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
In Portuguese, clic clic
In Romanian, clic
In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик
In Slovenian, klik
In Spanish, clic
In Swedish, klick
In Tagalog, klik
In Thai, 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, peep-peep
In Arabic, beeb beep, طيط-طيط ṭiṭ-ṭiṭ
In Batak, tot, tooot
In Bulgarian, bi-biip би-биип
In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
In Chinese, Mandarin, di di 嘀嘀 or 滴滴
In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip
In Czech, tů tů
In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt
In Dutch, toet toet
In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot
In Estonian, tuut tuut, piip piip
In Finnish, tööt tööt, tyyt-tyyt
In French, tut-tut
In German, tut
In Greek, bip bip, μπιπ μπιπ
In Hebrew, bip bip בִּיפּ־בִּיפּ
In Hungarian, tü-tű, tü-tűt
In Icelandic. bíb bíb
In Indonesian, din din
In Italian, bip bip, biii biii
In Japanese, pu pū 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
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

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

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"嘀嗒" in Han Dian online dictionary
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"תִּיק־תַּק" in Morfix online dictionary
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, tic toc
In Romanian, tic tac
In Russian, tik-tak 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
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, bg 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, he, קְלִיק־קְלִיק"קְלִיק" in Morfix online dictionary
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 Polish: sss, szszsz
In Russian, chirk чирк

Telephone ringing

In Albanian, tring-tring
In Afrikaans, trieng trieng
In Arabic, ar تــرن تــرن
In Basque, tirrin-tirrin
In Batak, riiing, riiing...
In Bengali, kring, kring
In Bulgarian, bg зън зън
In Catalan, ring, ring
In Chinese, Mandarin, zh
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, ja, ジリリリリ(ン)
In Kazakh, shyryl-shyryl шырыл шырыл
In Korean, ko 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, ru дзынь-дзынь
In Slovenian, drin drin
In Spanish, rin rin
In Swedish, ring ring
In Tagalog, kring kring
In Thai, th กริ๊ง กริ๊ง
In Turkish, zır zır
In Vietnamese, vi

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 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
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 Finnish, tzzz, bzzz
In Hebrew, he בְּזזז, he טְזְזז
In Japanese, ja ビリビリ
In Korean, ko 찌릿찌릿
In Latvian, bzz, zumm
In Polish, bzzzz..., dzzz, zzz
In Romanian, bâz bzzz
In Spanish, bzzz
In Swedish, bzzz
In Thai, ตืด (tued)

Electric shock

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

Fire

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

Rain

In English, pitter-patter
In Finnish, tihu tihu, rips rips rips, ripi ripi ripi
In French, plic ploc
In Hebrew, teef taf
In Hungarian, csipp csepp
In Japanese, shito shito しとしと
In Mandarin, xī lì huālā 淅瀝哗啦
In Russian, kap-kap кап-кап
In Thai, เปาะแปะ (pau pae)
In Turkish, şakır şakır

Thunder

In Albanian, bau, pëtau, përtau, bubu, bubububum
In Basque, burrun
In Batak, huist, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
In Bengali, kar kar, gur gur
In Catalan, brrum
In English, crack, kaboom, roll, rumble, boom
In Finnish, jyrin, jyrin järin, jylin, brrumm, brombolom, krrak
In German, zack, groll, grummel
In Hebrew, 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, 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), 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 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
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"滴答" in Han Dian online dictionary
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

In Batak, soook
In Finnish, kohin, svuush, jylin (heavy flow), tyrsk, tyrkis (slow flow)

Wind blowing or waves flowing

In Albanian, kshh, fëshh
In Bengali, ভোঁ bhõ, শন শন shôn shôn, ঝির ঝির jhir jhir
In Basque, firu-firu
In Bulgarian, fiiuu фииуу
In Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu
In Croatian, fiju
In Czech, fíííí
In Dutch, woesh, woesj
In English, whoo, whoosh, swish, rustle, whine, whizz, whistle, wheeze, howl, zoom, sigh
In Finnish, viuuh, viuh vauh, vuush, fiuuh; loisk loisk, liti-läti, lipi lapi
In French, frou-frou, vromb, murmur, hurl
In German, huiiih, wutsch, saus, rausch, wein, schwirr, heul, zoom, surr, seufz
In Greek, fru fru φρού φρού, sfýrigh σφύριγ, url ούρλ, sýrigh σύριγ, thýr θυρ
In Hindi, sarr sarr, saayein saayein
In Hungarian, hiss-huss, huss
In Italian, fiuu, fisch, mormor, url, sussurr
In Japanese, byuu byuu, pyuu pyuu, zawa zawa, soyo soyo
In Korean, wing-wing 윙윙
In Lithuanian, ššš
In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu фуууу фуууу
In Persian, moj, موج
In Polish, szszszsz, grzmot (waves during storm), huk, huuuuuu, ryk (waves during storm)
In Portuguese, Vuuuush
In Romanian, vâj
In Russian, uu-u уу-у
In Spanish, fuuuu fuuuu, fgrrrr frgrrrr, aul, zumb, susurr
In Swedish, svisch
In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
In Telugu, shhhhhhh
In Thai, 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,"叮铃" in Han Dian online dictionary dīng dāng 叮当 "叮当" in Han Dian online dictionary
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"דִינְג־דוֹנְג" in Morfix online dictionary
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
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

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(4 October 2015). "Sneeze like an Arab: Onomatopoeias in the Middle East".

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