| Example in Lithuanian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Juk man nebūtina jiems švilpti, kapitone. | I won't need to whistle for them, Reverend Captain. |
| Ar tu irgi girdėjai, kaip jis švilpė? | Did you hear him whistle too? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | xiular | Danish | fløjte |
| Dutch | terugfluiten | English | whistle |
| Esperanto | fajfi | Estonian | vilistama |
| Finnish | viheltää, vislailla | French | siffler, siffloter |
| German | flöten, pfeifen, sausen | Greek | σφυρίζω |
| Hungarian | fütyül | Icelandic | flauta |
| Indonesian | bersiul, bersuit | Italian | fischiare, fischiettare |
| Macedonian | свирка, свирне | Polish | gwizdać, pogwizdywać, przygwizdywać, świstać, zagwizdać |
| Portuguese | assobiar | Quechua | sukay |
| Romanian | fluiera | Russian | насвистать, насвистеть, насвистывать, посвистеть, посвистывать, присвистывать, свистеть, свистнуть |
| Spanish | chiflar, pitar, silbar | Swedish | susa, vissla |
| Turkish | ıslık çalmak | Vietnamese | huýt gió |