I've been thinking.
How do I put the sound of growling stomach into words?
I'm also curious about the Onomatopoeia for chewing food and swallowing water.
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4Isn't growl already onomatopoeic ? Munch and Gulp as @CJDennis has said for the other two.– FrankMay 12, 2014 at 2:48
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@Frank You should post that as an answer.– user867May 12, 2014 at 5:27
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@user867 I think CJDennis should take the credit; 2/3rds of my comment is his answer and growl was in the question already.– FrankMay 12, 2014 at 5:32
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@Frank: You are right but there are more mimetic versions of onomatopoeic words also. Like baa, brr, grr. It is almost like the onomatopoeia of an onomatopoeic word but linguistically less structured. Baa is a special case because it is the mimetic version of bleat and bleat lost its onomatopoeic connotations in time.– ermanenMay 12, 2014 at 14:34
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@ermanen I know we're not here for discussion but I don't think bleat has lost it's onomatopoeia, has it?. bleat for a lamb or a goat and baa for a sheep seems to be the right sound; lambs and goats definitely don't baa, they bleeeaaaat.– FrankMay 13, 2014 at 4:14
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4 Answers
- Stomach: grr
- Swallowing: gulp
- Chewing: chew or munch
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Gurgle could fit.
'Gurgle, gurgle' went my stomach, as I waited for the bus. I was hungry.
answered May 12, 2014 at 3:08
Consider the word 'borborygmus' (plural: borborygmi)
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That's a very interesting word and although it may have had an onomatopoetically derived origin it is not an onomatopoeia in English. I would never say "My stomach went borborygmus"! May 12, 2014 at 3:11
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+1 In my view this medical term is almost perfectly onomatopoeic (except for the final s). Dec 29, 2016 at 2:40
rumble, gurgle, grumble, growl, rumble. And maybe just a simple Grrrr
