How can I spell the sound an elephant makes?

Question

Dogs bark, they say "woof."
Birds chirp, they say "tweet."
Elephants trumpet, they say "???"

Does anyone know a good way of expressing the actual sound an elephant makes in letters?

Answer 1

This one's difficult, since the greater part of the sound the elephant makes is outside the range of human hearing (lower in pitch). I would describe what we do hear as "eRowrrh!", the sound of a trumpet that's very flat.

Answer 2

Elephant Sound

Answer 3

It's said an elephant "trumpets" but I don't know how you'd write it.
Edit:
I found this:
Animal Sounds
In different languages what do we say to mimic animal sounds? Below is the world's biggest multilingual list.
Elephant trumpeting -
baraag (English)
tööt (Finnish)
toerroe (German)
baaa (Italian)
paoh-paoh (Japanese)
u-u-u (Russian)
biaaah (Spanish)


http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html

Answer 4

I´ve just seen a video for kids where the elephant "says" pawoo :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeO7IdvqMZk

Answer 5

I don't know the answer to this question. However, if you feel like it, you could try posting this in the 'Music' section, so that someone knowledgeable from there could give a better answer!

Answer 6

Hmm... can't say that I do. I'd stick with "the elephant trumpeted" and leave it at that.

Answer 7

"Hreee-uh!"

Although you may want to edit that somewhat.

May God bless you.

Answer 8

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UUUHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUHHHHHHHH... more simply urrruuhhhn!

Answer 9

it says vrnnnnnn for christ s sake

Answer 10

MMMMMMMMRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE