May 30, 2006

characteristic sound

People, I need some enlightenment.

If,

a burung - berkicau
an ayam - berkokok
a goddamn kucing - mengiau
a harimau - mengaum
a perempuan - meng-”ohyes ohyesss!” — [you fucks... there's no known distinctive call-sound for human]

Then,
an itik and lembu - meng[what]?

I know cow moos and duck quacks in English, but what’s the Malay equivalent of their characteristic noise?

I’ve been asking some of my Malay friends, but none of them seems to know the answer in BeeEm. Any of you know anything?

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Speaking of that, I wonder why the fuck do we have to distinctively name each and every sound made by different animals. Why bother? Like, there are literally shitloads of species of animals on this planet. How the fuck are we gonna remember all of them?

Man, I strongly feel that we should standardize a common word to describe all the animal sounds. Forget quacks or clucks or moos or roars. Just fucking slap it with something that’s easy to remember, maybe like… hoody-hoo.

- I kicked the cat so fucking hard and high, that I can hear it’s hoody-hoo fading off like an ambulance driving off.
- That cheebye dog can’t seem to stop hoody-hooing at each and every passing vehicles.
- She has been hoody-hooed by her mother-in-law for the whole week, that’s why the moping.
- Belerang jantan tersebut menhudi-hudihu sepanjang hari untuk menarik perhatian aweknya

How convenient! If only that could become a reality…

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17 comments: “characteristic sound”


  • i have a strong feeling that lembu - mengembu but i m not sure abt itik - menguek? lol.. btw, i oso think perempuan - membebel. :P

    #  | bslt  | May 30th, 2006, 9:38 pm

  • cows - mengmumu
    ducks - berkuak-kuak

    #  | kinGz  | May 30th, 2006, 9:49 pm

  • lembu - menguak
    itik - men-tetek :D tek tek tek tek tek !

    #  | bongkersz  | May 30th, 2006, 10:42 pm

  • - Belerang jantan tersebut menhudi-hudihu sepanjang hari untuk menarik perhatian aweknya

    Belalang lah oi.. belerang is sulphur

    #  | bongkersz  | May 30th, 2006, 10:45 pm

  • lembu = menguak
    i’m serious … its in the spm peribahasa thing

    #  | lil' princess  | May 30th, 2006, 11:09 pm

  • menglembu
    mengitik

    beeEM is a pointless language…

    #  | Nicholas  | May 31st, 2006, 12:35 am

  • bslt - You made a mistake dude. Shapeshifter - membebel. Not perempuan.

    kingGz - Are you sure? Your itik sounded like a crow.

    bongkersz - Aiks!? I thought belerang is beaver??

    lil’ princess - And your cow now sounds like a crow pulak… [are you sure people? it doesn't sound right...]

    nicholas - Hmmmm… then a bigfoot? Membigfoot? A badak - membadak? Phordah dey!

    #  | michaelooi  | May 31st, 2006, 8:10 am

  • Lembu is definitely menguak and as for itik, hmm… mengotek?

    #  | inevitable  | May 31st, 2006, 9:22 am

  • bongkersz - sounds like the itik punya tek tek makes a lot of noise!

    #  | Shar  | May 31st, 2006, 9:25 am

  • LOL - WTF is belerang? Memerang izzit?

    #  | inevitable  | May 31st, 2006, 9:29 am

  • hoody-hoo, quite long wei.

    Let’s see… That freaking cow has been hoody-ing all day long. LOL

    #  | oliviasy  | May 31st, 2006, 2:01 pm

  • I was gonna say lembu menguak, but plenty already beat me to it. As for itik, I think berkekek, if i remember.

    #  | Silencers  | May 31st, 2006, 4:36 pm

  • beaver = memerang
    belerang - http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belerang

    eheh, itik sounds in malay really don’t know haha!

    #  | bongkersz  | May 31st, 2006, 8:37 pm

  • In my dialect, gatal = me’ghenyam. You can use that if you’re referring to perempuan gatal.

    Belerang is indeed sulphur, as pointed out by bongkersz. Beaver = memerang.

    #  | PhOenix  | May 31st, 2006, 8:43 pm

  • inevitable - If an itik mengotek, then in English, a duck will “ball”… hahah

    shar - People are just soooo dirty minded…

    inevitable/bongkersz/phoenix - Ahaksss! I guess I’ve mistaken both… but at least I know what’s a suplhur called in BeeEm…

    olivia - Let me guess… you’re referring to your kuailan neighbour is it?

    silencers - Berkekek eh? That sounds like Jude laughing when she’s in the mating mood…

    #  | michaelooi  | May 31st, 2006, 8:57 pm

  • Sounds funny, but this is what I got:
    itik = mengakak

    #  | ashotiwoth  | June 4th, 2006, 4:44 pm

  • i thought memerang’s otter?!

    #  | arboon!  | June 6th, 2006, 1:31 pm