Onomatopoeia

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How do ducks quack in your language? What do sneezes sound like?

In Spanish:

English - Spanish - how it's pronounced
Duck- cuac (quack)
Dog- guau (like wow but with a g at the start)
Cat- miau (meow)
Cow- muu (moo)
Rooster- quiquiriquí (kee-kee-ree-KEE)
Sneeze- achís (ah-CHEESE)
Cough- cof cof (cough)
Hiccup- hic (hic)

In danish:

Duck: rap

Dog: vov

Cat: miav

Cow: muh

Rooster: kykelikyyyy

Sneeze: atju

Cough: host

hiccup: hik!

It's too complicated to describe how it is pronounced, just take a wild guess.

superfantastic:

it's funny, in spanish (mexico),

sneeze is "achú" (ha-choo)

and

hiccup is "hip" (hip)

Well, those are possible variants in Argentina too; I just posted the ones I use the most.

But yeah, it's interesting how they change within the same language and between regions.

Lojban (I'm still learning, so it's probably wrong):

Duck: kuak
Dog: uoof
Cat: miiau
Cow: muu
Rooster: kuukuurikuu
Sneeze: atcu
Cough: kyf
Hiccup: .ik

Auf Deutsch: (German)

Duck (Ente)- quak
Dog (Hund)- wau
Cat (Katze)- miau
Cow (Kuh)- muh
Rooster (Hahn)- kikerikieh
Sneeze (Niesen)- hatschi
Cough (Husten)- no commonly used soundword for it, I think it sounds something like "ehu ehu"
Hiccup (Schluckauf)- hick