Sound symbolic words ?

ANIMALS
English cat cow dog donkey goat horse pig sheep wolf
Albanian mace lopë qën gomár dhi kalë derr dhën ujk
Arabic qiTT baqar kalb Himaar maaCiz faras khinzir kharuuf d'ib
Armenian gadov gov shoon avanag aidz tsiagerb khok ochkhar ka
Asturian gatu vaca perru pollín cabra caballu gochu oveya llobu
Basque katu behi zakur asto ahuntz zaldi zerri ardi otso
Berber amouch tafounast aydi aghyoul taghat agmar - izemer ouchchen
Bulgarian kotka krava kutche magare koza kon pruse oven vilk
Burmese caun nwà k'wè `myi sheq myin weq `tho palve
Cantonese mâau ngàauh gáu lèuih sâan yèuhng máh jyù yèuhng lòhng
Catalan gat vaca gos, ca ase cabra cavall porc ovella llop
Chinese mao1 pin3niu2 quan3 lu2zu1 shan1yang2 ma3 ju1 yang2 lang2
Czech kočka kráva pes osel kozel kůň prase ovce vlk
Danish kat ko hund æsel ged hest gris får ulv
Dutch kat koe hond ezel geit paard varken schaap wolf
Egyptian mau kaut uher aa - sesem rer - -
Estonian kass lehm koer eesel kits hobune siga lammas hunt
Finnish kissa lehmä koira aasi vuohi hevonen sika lammas susi
French chat vache chien âne chèvre cheval porc mouton loup
Gaelic cat asal gobhar each muc caora madadh-allaidh
Georgian k'at'a dzrokha dzaghli viri tkha tskheni ghori tskhwari mgeli
German katze kuh hund esel ziege pferd schwein schaf wolf
Gitano machico - tamboru grel braquia graste baliche jouli yeru
Greek gata agelada skylos gaidaros katsika alogo gourouni probaton lukos
Hausa kyanwa saniya kare jaki akwiya doki alade - dila
Hawaiian owao pipi wahine ilio kekake kao lio puaa hipa ilio-hae
Hebrew hatoul para kelev kof 'ez souss hazir kevess zeev
Hindustani billa ga'e kutta gadha bakra ghora su'ar bher gurg
Hungarian macska tehén kutya szamdár kescke disznó juh farkas
Icelandic köttur kýr hundur asni geit hestur svín kind úlfur
Irish cat madra asal gabhar capall muc caora madra allta
Italian gatto vacca cane ciuco capra cavallo porco pecora lupo
Japanese neko ushi inu roba yagi uma buta hitsuji okami
Keo meo - dako - longo jara wawi dhembu -
Konni ganluuN naagIN gbaaN bUnIN biiN duuN periku yisiN -
Korean ko-yang-i am-so kae tang-na-gwi yom-so mal twae-ji yang i-ri
Latin felis vacca canis asinus haedus equus porcus ovis lupus
Latvian kakis - suns - - zirgs cuka - -
Lithuanian katé karvè shuo asilas ozhys arklys kiaulè avis vilkas
Lozi kaze komu nja - puli pizi kulube ngu -
Malay kuching lembu anjing kaldai kambing kuda babi - serigala
Mongolian muur unee nokhbi iljig yamaa moir gakhai khoni chon
Norwegian katt ku hund esel geit hest gris sau ulv
Pahlavi gurbag gaw sag xar buz asp xug mes gurg
Paiute kaadu saadu'u kootsoo tsagase'e gootu pooggoo kauze'e koepa esa
Persian gorbe gaav sag ?olaaq boz ?asb xuk gusfand gorg
Polish kot krowa pies osiol koza kon swinia owca wilk
Portuguese gato vaca cão burro cabra cavalo porco carneiro lobo
Romanian pisică vacă câine mågar capră cal porc oaie lup
Russian koshka korova sobaka osyol koza loshad -svinya ovtsa volk
Samoan pusi povi maile asini oti solofanua pua'a mamoe luko
SerboCroat mačka krava pas magarac koza konj svinja ovca vuk
Spanish gato vaca perro burro cabra caballo cerdo oveja lobo
Setswana katse kgomo ntša tonki podi pitse kolobe nku phokoje
Swahili paka ng'ombe mbwa punda mbuzi farasi nguruwe kondoo mwitu
Swedish katt ko -hund åsna get häst gris får varg
Tagalog pusa baka aso - kambing kabayo baboy - aso
Tamil puunay pacu naay kaZutay nall-aaTu kutiray panRi cemmari-aaTu oo-naay
Telegu pilli avu kukka gadida meka gurram pandi gorre todelu
Turkish kedi inek köpek esek keçi at domus koyun kurt
Udihe keige jaha ina'i - pauza mui wagae - niengu
Venda tshimage kholomo mbwa ndongi mbudzi bere nguluvhe nngu -
Welsh cath buwch ci asyn gafr - hwch - blaidd
Yoruba ologbo - aja - ewure - elede - -
Zulu ikati inkomazi inja imbongolo imbuzi ihashi ingolube imvu  

Last Updated on 19/1/01
By Robin Allott