Cross-linguistic Onomatopoeias - Physical and Natural Phenomena - Thunder

Thunder

  • In Batak, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
  • In English, roll, rumble
  • In Finnish, jyrin, jylin
  • In German, groll, grummel
  • In Japanese, goro goro ゴロゴロ
  • In Russian, tararam тарарам, tram-tararam трам-тарарам

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Famous quotes containing the word thunder:

    Of late, eternal Condor years
    So shake the very Heaven on high
    With tumult as they thunder by,
    I have no time for idle cares
    Through gazing on the unquiet sky.
    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    You will trail across the rocks
    and wash them with your salt,
    you will curl between sand-hills
    you will thunder along the cliff
    break retreat get fresh strength
    gather and pour weight upon the beach.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)