Turkish
| Example in Turkish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| (Nancy hıçkırır) | (Nancy sobs) |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | شهق | Azeri | hönkürmək |
| Dutch | snikken | English | sob |
| Finnish | nyyhkiä, nyyhkyttää | French | sangloter |
| German | schluchzen | Hungarian | zokog |
| Italian | singhiozzare | Japanese | しくしく, 啜りなく, 嗚咽 |
| Macedonian | липа | Polish | łkać, szlochać |
| Quechua | hik'ipakuy | Romanian | suspina |
| Russian | всхлипнуть, всхлипывать, рыдать | Spanish | sollozar |