Cross-linguistic Onomatopoeias - Machinery

Siren Wailing

In Catalan, ninu ni. ni no ni no
In Bengali, pay puu
In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na
In Bulgarian, "тии-ну-нии-ну" (tii-nu-nii-nu)
In Danish, ba bu
In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
In English Nee Naw "Wee-Woo"
In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
In Tagalog, 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
In Italian, nino nino
In Japanese, ピーポーピーポー (pīpō pīpō)
In Korean, bbeepo bbeepo 삐뽀 삐뽀
In Latvian, ī-ū
In Macedonian, piu uiu пиу уиу
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 Swedish, Tut tut
In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
In Thai, ปี๊ป่อ ปี๊ป่อ (pipo pipo), วี้หว่อ วี้หว่อ (wiwo wiwo)
In Turkish, Daa dii
In Vietnamese, ò e í e

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“Postmodernism entices us with the siren call of liberation and creativity, but it may be an invitation to intellectual and moral suicide.”
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