| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Aku yakin bau tubuhmu tidak aneh. | I bet you don't even smell funky. |
| Prinsip-prinsip gourmandism adalah: warna, bau, rasa, konsepsi dan penampilan. | The principles of gourmandism are: Color, smell, taste, conception and appearance. |
| Dua bulan... dua matahari... dan juga... bau kematian. | Two moons... two suns... and also... the smell of death. |
| Bella, bau anjing basah apa ini? | Bella, what is that God-awful wet dog smell? |
| Aku selalu ingat bau pertama kali. | I always remember the smell first. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | ruik | Arabic | شم,نشم |
| Catalan | flairar, olorar | Danish | dufte, lugte |
| Dutch | beruiken, ruiken | English | smell |
| Esperanto | flari, odori | Estonian | haistma |
| Finnish | haista, haistella, tuoksua | French | humer |
| German | riechen, wittern | Greek | μυριαναστενάζω, μυρίζω, μυρμηγκιάζω, μυστρίζω, μωλωπίζω, μωραίνω, μωρουδίζω, νανουρίζω |
| Hungarian | szagol, szimatol | Icelandic | lykta |
| Italian | annusare, fiutare, odorare, puzzare | Latvian | ostīt, saost, smaržot |
| Lithuanian | kvepėti, pakvipti, pauosti, pauostyti, uosti, užuosti | Macedonian | намириса, помириса |
| Norwegian | lukte, nasa, nase | Persian | بو کردن, بوییدن |
| Polish | pachnąć, pachnieć, powąchać, wąchać, wonieć | Portuguese | cheirar |
| Quechua | mutkhiy, q'apay | Romanian | mirosi |
| Russian | нюхать, обонять, пахнуть, понюхать, почуять, учуивать, учуять, чуять | Spanish | oler |
| Swedish | lukta | Thai | ดม |
| Turkish | koklamak | Vietnamese | đánh hơi, húi |