Bark (sound)
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A bark is a noise most commonly produced by dogs. Other animals that make this noise include wolves, pinnipeds, foxes and quolls. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound, especially for large dogs. Other transliterations include the onomatopoeic ruff, arf, au au, bow-wow, and, for small dogs, yip. “Bark” is also a verb that describes the sharp explosive cry of certain animals.
Representation
Woof is the conventional representation in the English language of the barking of a dog. As with other examples of onomatopoeia or imitative sounds, other cultures "hear" the dog's barks differently and represent them in their own ways. Some of the equivalents of "woof" in other European and Asian languages are as follows:
- English - woof woof; ruff ruff; arf arf (large dogs and also the sound of sea lions); yap yap; yip yip (small dogs), bow wow
- Afrikaans - blaf blaf; woef woef; keff keff (small dogs)
- Albanian - ham ham
- Arabic - hau hau; how Template:Not a typo (هو, هو)
- Armenian -haf haf
- Basque - au au; txau txau (small dogs); zaunk zaunk (large dogs); jau jau (old dogs)
- Balinese - kong, kong
- Belgium- woef, woef; blaf, blaf; waf, waf (large dogs) Keff, keff; Wuff, Wuff (small dogs)
- Bengali - gheu, gheu; bhao, bhao
- Bulgarian - bau-bau (бау-бау); jaff, jaff (джаф-джаф)
- Burmese - woke, woke
- Catalan - bau, bau; bub, bub
- Chinese, Cantonese - wong, wong (汪汪)
- Chinese, Mandarin - wang, wang (汪汪)
- Croatian - vau, vau
- Czech - haf, haf; štěk (the bark itself)
- Danish - vov, vuf
- Dutch - blaf, blaf; kef, kef; waf, waf; woef, woef
- Esperanto - boj, boj
- Estonian - auh, auh
- Finnish - hau, hau; vuh, vuh; rauf, rauf
- French - waouh, waouh; ouah, ouah; ouaf, ouaf; vaf, vaf; wouf, wouf; wouaf, wouaf; jappe jappe
- German - wuff, wuff; wau, wau;
- Greek - ghav, ghav (γαβ, γαβ)
- Hebrew - hav, hav; hau, hau
- Hindi - bho.n, bho.n (भों भों)
- Hungarian - vau, vau
- Icelandic - voff, voff
- Indonesian - guk, guk
- Irish - amh, amh
- Italian - bau, bau
- Japanese - wan-wan (ワンワン); kyan-kyan (キャンキャン)<ref>Rikaichan Japanese-English dictionary extension, version 2.01</ref>
- Korean - meong, meong (멍멍, Template:IPA-ko)
- kurdi - hau hau (حەو حەو)
- Latvian - vau, vau
- Lithuanian - au, au
- Macedonian - av, av
- Malay - gong, gong ("menggonggong" means barking)
- Marathi - bhu, bhu (भू भू)
- Norwegian - voff, voff or boff
- Persian - haap, haap (هاپ، هاپ)
- Philippines - Aw Aw, Aw
- Polish - hau, hau
- Portuguese - au, au; ão-ão (nasal diphthong); béu-béu (toddler language); cain-cain (whining)
- Romanian - ham, ham; hau, hau
- Russian - gav, gav (гав-гав); tyav, tyav (тяв-тяв, small dogs)
- Serbian - av, av
- Sinhala - බුඃ බුඃ buh, buh
- Slovak - haf, haf; hau, hau
- Slovene - hov, hov
- Spanish - guau-guau; gua, gua; jau, jau
- Swedish - voff, voff; vov, vov; bjäbb, bjäbb
- Tagalog - aw, aw; baw, baw
- Tamil - வள் வள் - wal wal;லொள் லொள் - lol lol ;வௌ வௌ - wow wow
- Thai - โฮ่ง โฮ่ง (Template:IPA-th); บ๊อก บ๊อก (Template:IPA-ko)
- Turkish - hev hev; hav, hav
- Ukrainian - гав, гав (hau, hau); дзяв, дзяв (dzyau, dzyau)
- Urdu - bow bow
- Vietnamese - gâu gâu; ẳng ẳng
- Welsh - wff, wff
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