| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Vähän lainehtii. | Look at the waves! |
| Olkaa kuin meri ja lainehtikaa pois. | You should make like the ocean and wave good-bye. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | waai | Arabic | موج |
| Danish | vinke | Dutch | wuiven,wurgen |
| English | wave | Esperanto | flagri, mansaluti |
| Estonian | hõljutama, lehvitama, onduleerima, sakitama, viibutama | Faroese | veittra |
| German | wedeln, wellen | Greek | κυματίζω, κυμβαλίζω, κυριολεκτώ, κυριολεχτώ |
| Hungarian | beint, int, integet, lobog | Indonesian | melambai, melambaikan |
| Italian | dimenare, ondulare, sbandierare, sventolare | Japanese | 振り翳す, 振る |
| Lithuanian | maskatuoti, mojuoti, mosikuoti, mosuoti, moti, nuvilnyti, plevėsuoti, vilnyti | Macedonian | мавта |
| Norwegian | vaie, vinke | Polish | machać, ondulować, pofalować, pomachać, wymachiwać, zafalować |
| Portuguese | ondear | Romanian | învălura |
| Russian | виться, махать, махнуть, помахать, помахивать | Spanish | ondear, ondular |
| Swedish | bölja, vinka, vinkla |