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= March 31 =

Onomatopoeias for "glug" in other languages
Other than German ("Gluckern", which languages have an onomatopoeic word for "glug"? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:34, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I had always assumed that the Swedish Glögg was onomatopoeic, but it seems it's a contraction of glödgat, meaning annealed. DuncanHill (talk) 22:33, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * A Google search for "liquid pouring ideophone" turns up some possibilities. AnonMoos (talk) 22:34, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The Dutch verb klokken. Here we see an imitative klok, klok, klok, klok, klok in an 18th-century Dutch play. --Lambiam 09:59, 2 April 2023 (UTC)