Baqbaq
1. To rise in bubbles
2. To make a bubbling sound
3. To Chatter
4. To coo (Pigeon)
5. To make angry
Sors: Għarbi
Għerq: B-Q-Q
Barqam
Ħoss tal-ħamiem; tgemgim
English: Grunting sound made by pigeons; grunting; grumbling
Sors: Għarbi
Għerq: B-R-Q-M
Bejka
Light sob. Whimpering – also used to describe certain sounds made by lambs and sheep which sound like little cries.
Sors: Għarbi
Għerq: B-K-J
Ċaqċaq
- Make a cracking sound
- to snap
- sound made by buċaqċaq bird
Sors: Għarbi
Għerq: Ċ-Q-Q
Plural: Ċaqċieq
Ċejjaq
- Bird sound, to cheep
- To be up to nothing useful
Ċejq
Chirping, cheeping
Għerq: Ċ-J-Q
Gargur
Bellowing, roaring, cooing.
Root: G-R-R
Gerwel
a) To babble, to prate. b) to sing (used for certain species of birds particularly plovers)
Ggorgeġġja
To trill, to warble.
Source: Italian
Gireż
To moo (cows); to moan, whine.
Għamel beqqa
Made the sound of a goat; walked like a sheep on all fours.
Għażel
To purr, to rumble.
Root: Għ-Ż-L
Għażla
- A spinning of wool.
- A cat’s purr.
Root: Għ-Ż-L
Plural: Għażliet
Idden
A. To crow. B. Figurative: To boast
Root: IE-D-N
Iżżanżan (2)
To make a buzzing sound.
Root: Ż-N-Ż-N
Kerker
Sound of song pertaining to certain birds such as quail.
Root: K-R-K-R
Ketket
Also Kitkit or katkat: A. to make a cackling sound (e.g. as chickens do); to attract fowls when preparing their food; B. to laugh up one’s sleeve; be secretly or inwardly amused.
Kra kra
or Kraj-kraj: caw, the harsh cry of a rook, crow, or similar bird.
Source: Sicilian
Kukkukuku
onomatopoeic word imitating the crowing of a rooster.
Laqlaq
A. to stammer, to stutter; B. to hesitate, show signs of indecision. C. To cackle, gabble (stated of geese)
Root: L-Q-L-Q
Maqmaq
A. To bleat but not loudly (said of sheep) To grumble, murmur angrily.
Ħamħam (2)
To grunt (pigs)
Ħarħar
To breathe heavily; to purr; to sound hollow.