yelp

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• /jɛlp/
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From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghel- (“to shout”).

From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghel‐ (“to call, shout, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian jalpe, galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen, gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”).

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: скимтене (skimtene) — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Danish: hyl — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Esperanto: jelpo — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Finnish: älähdys — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Finnish: ulvahdus — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Finnish: hihkaisu — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• French: jappement — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• French: couinement — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Georgian: წივილი (c̣ivili) — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Georgian: კივილი (ḳivili) — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Greek: γαβγίζω (gavgízo) — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Hungarian: vakkantás — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Ido: aboyeto — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Irish: sceamh — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Italian: strillo — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Japanese: 悲鳴 (himei) — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Malay: dengking — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Māori: wēwē — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Māori: ngawē — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Polish: pisk — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Polish: zawycie — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Polish: zaskomlenie — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Portuguese: ganido — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Russian: визг (vizg) — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Russian: визжа́ние (vizžánije) — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Scottish Gaelic: tathann — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Spanish: aullido — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Spanish: trino — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Spanish: quejido — an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
• Bulgarian: скимтя (skimtja) — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Czech: vyjeknout — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Czech: zakňučet — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Czech: zavýsknout — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Danish: hyle — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Esperanto: jelpi — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Finnish: älähtää — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Finnish: ulvahtaa — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Finnish: hihkaista — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Finnish: hihkua — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• French: japper — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• French: couiner — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Galician: ganir — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Galician: latir — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Georgian: წივილი (c̣ivili) — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Georgian: კივილი (ḳivili) — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• German: kreischen — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Ido: aboyetar — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Irish: sceamh — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Italian: strillare — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Japanese: 悲鳴をあげる (himei o ageru) — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Latin: ganniō — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Māori: tūwē — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Māori: tīwē — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Māori: wēwē — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Polish: piszczeć — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Polish: zapiszczeć — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Polish: wyć — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Polish: zawyć — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Polish: skomleć — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Polish: zaskomleć — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Portuguese: ganir — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Russian: визжа́ть (vizžátʹ) — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Sanskrit: बुक्कति (bukkati) — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Scottish Gaelic: tathainn — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Serbo-Croatian: cičati — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Spanish: gañir — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise
• Woiwurrung: warram boorboon — to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise