| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Jangan batuk seperti itu nanti paru-parumu bisa keluar | Don't cough the lung out, pal. |
| Dia terkena batuk. | She's got a cough. |
| Saya rasa saya hanya batuk limpa saya. | I think I just coughed up my spleen. |
| Aku bahkan tidak batuk sama sekali. Dan aku hampir membeli obat itu. | I didn't even have a cough, and I almost bought it. |
| Maksudku, aku tidak akan memberi seseorang lima batuk tetes. | I mean, I wouldn't give somebody five cough drops. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | سعل | Azeri | öskürmək |
| Basque | eztul egin | Catalan | estossegar,tossir |
| Danish | hoste | Dutch | hoesten, kuchen, uithoesten, uithollen |
| English | cough | Esperanto | tusi |
| Estonian | köhima | Finnish | yskiskellä, yskiä, yskähdellä, yskähtää |
| French | tousser | German | husten |
| Hawaiian | nū | Hungarian | köhög |
| Italian | tossire | Latvian | klepot |
| Lithuanian | kosėti | Macedonian | кашла, се закашла |
| Norwegian | hoste | Persian | سرفه کردن |
| Polish | kasłać, kaszlać, kaszleć, kaszlnąć, wykasłać, wykaszleć, zakaszleć | Portuguese | tossir |
| Quechua | uhuy | Romanian | tuși |
| Russian | кашлянуть, кашлять, перхать | Spanish | toser |
| Swedish | hosta | Thai | กระแอม, ไอ |
| Turkish | öksürmek | Vietnamese | ho, ho hen, tri hô |