| Example in Estonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Siis uinutan ta uuesti magama. | When he awakes, l'll put him back to sleep. |
| Lilled uinutavad nad. | Poppies will put them to sleep. |
| Ma uinutasin end lubadustega ja ööbisin autodes. | # I begged, with promises # # And I slept in the car # |
| Parem proovi magama jääda, muidu ma pean su uinutama. | Get some sleep, or I'll come in and put you out. |
| - Nad üritasid teid uinutada. | --Did you sleep. |
| Arst ütles, et koer tuleb uinutada, sest ta on nagunii vana koer. | He says it should be put to sleep... because it's an old dog, anyway. |
| Kas sa tahad teda uinutada? | Are you trying to put her to sleep? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | slaap | Arabic | نام |
| Azeri | yatmaq | Catalan | dormir |
| Danish | sove | Dutch | ontslapen,slapen |
| English | sleep | Faroese | sova |
| Finnish | goijata, koisia, nukkua, paapia, tutia | French | coucher, dormir |
| German | schlafen | Greek | κοιμάμαι , κοιμούμαι |
| Hawaiian | hiamoe, moe | Hungarian | alszik, hál |
| Indonesian | tidur | Italian | dormire |
| Japanese | 休眠, 寝る, 眠る | Latvian | čučēt, gulēt |
| Lithuanian | miegoti, pamiegoti, permiegoti, prisimiegoti | Macedonian | нана, спие |
| Malay | tidur | Maori | moe |
| Norwegian | sove | Persian | خواب رفتن |
| Polish | dospać, pospać, przekimać, przenocować, przespać, spać, sypiać, zasypiać | Portuguese | dormir, mimir, nanar |
| Quechua | puñuy | Romanian | dormi |
| Russian | дрыхнуть, поспать, почивать, спать | Spanish | adormir, dormir, mimir |
| Swedish | sofva, sova | Thai | จำวัด, นอน, หลับ |
| Turkish | uyku vermek, uyumak | Vietnamese | nằm ngủ, ngủ, ngụ, ngủ mê, ngự, ru |