How to write the sounds made by cockerels / roosters in different languages.
Language | Sounds |
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Afrikaans | koekeloekoe |
Albanian | kikiriki |
Arabic | kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo, (siqaa) صقاع |
Armenian | tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo, coo-coo-ree-coo |
Basque | kukurruku |
Bengali | kuk-ku-ruk-kooo |
Bulgarian | кукуригу (cucurigu) |
Catalan | quiquiriquic, cocorococ |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 咕咕咕 (gū gū gū) |
Croatian | kukuriku |
Czech | kykirikí |
Danish | kykkeliky |
Dutch | kukeleku |
English | cockadoodledoo, cock-a-doodle-doo |
Estonian | kikerikii, kukeleegu |
Finnish | kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing) |
French | cocorico |
Georgian | ყიყლიყო (qiqliqo) |
German | kikeriki |
Greek (Modern) |
κικιρίκου (kikiriku) |
Hebrew | (quuquuriqu) קוּקוּרִיקוּ |
Hindi | ku-kudu-koo |
Hungarian | kukurikú |
Icelandic | gaggalagó |
Indonesian | kukuruyuk |
Irish | cuc-adiú-dil-ú, a cháich, éirigí éirigí |
Italian | chicchirichi |
Japanese | コケコッコー (kokekokkō) |
Korean | 꼬꼬댁 꼬꼬 (kkokkodek kko), 꼬끼오 (kko-kki-o) |
Latgalian | kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō |
Latin | cocococo |
Latvian | kikerigū |
Lithuanian | kakarykū, kakariekū |
Macedonian | кукурику (kukuriku) |
Malayalam | kokarakkoo |
Marathi | कुकूच-कू (kukooch-koo!) |
Nepali | kukhuri kaa |
Norweigan | kykkeliky |
Persian (Farsi) |
qūqūli qū-qū |
Polish | kukuryku |
Portuguese | cocorocó, cocoricó |
Romanian | cucurigu |
Russian | кукареку (ku-ka-re-ku) |
Scottish Gaelic | gog-a-ghuidhe-ghaoidhe |
Serbian | кукурику (kukuriku) |
Sinhala | කුක්කු කූක් කූ (kuku kūk kuu) |
Slovenian | kikiriki |
Spanish | quiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó |
Sundanese | kongkorongok |
Swedish | kuckeliku |
Tagalog | tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok |
Tamil | kokkara-ko-ko |
Telugu | kokkaro-ko |
Thai | เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก (ek-i-ek-ek) |
Turkish | ü-ürü-üüü |
Ukrainian | koo-ku-ri-koo кукуріку |
Vietnamese | ò ó o |
Welsh | coc-a-dwdl-dŵ, go-go-go |
How to pronounce some of these words
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
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