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Thread #11584   Message #87720
Posted By: cleod
18-Jun-99 - 02:29 PM
Thread Name: onomatopoeias: your favorites in all language
Subject: RE: onomatopoeias: your favorites in all language
hi shula, butterfly in filipino is paru-paro -- sound familiar?

and kc, piyo piyo is also used by the japanese as the sound your beeper makes ^_^

tik-tila-ok is a rooster's crow in filipino (i used to think they sounded more like ur-urer-er!)

cat in (fookien)chinese is pronounced 'nyao' and dog is 'kao'

question: what is 'ouch' in other languages? I know it's 'aray' in filipino and 'itai' in japanese...