From Middle English singen, from Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sjunge (“to sing”), West Frisian sjonge (“to sing”), Dutch zingen (“to sing”), German Low German singen (“to sing”), German singen (“to sing”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synge (“to sing”), Swedish sjunga (“to sing”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic syngja (“to sing”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”).
Meanings
The act, or event, of singing songs.
Then all three would go off in search of the first, give it a good talking to and maybe a bit of a sing as well. 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 55:
I sometimes have a quick sing in the shower.
Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing. 2002, Martha Mizell Puckett, Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom, page 198:
'Ah, yes, Miss Fisher, have you had a nice sing?' 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 287:
Any sound likened to human singing.
Archie and Clem know gunshots when they hear them and the sing of a bullet as it drills the windshield and exits the back glass of the truck. 2007, Sam L. Bevard, Through the Back Gate:
the sing of axe on concrete a. 1972, Sandy Cunningham, Far Back Down:
heard the unmistakable twang of bowstrings against bracers, the sing of a long-bow volley, and made for the door 1921, Gilbert Frankau, The Seeds of Enchantment:
From Middle English singen, from Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sjunge (“to sing”), West Frisian sjonge (“to sing”), Dutch zingen (“to sing”), German Low German singen (“to sing”), German singen (“to sing”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synge (“to sing”), Swedish sjunga (“to sing”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic syngja (“to sing”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 14:3:
(intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
(transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
sing a lullaby
In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road. 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266:
(transitive) To soothe with singing.
to sing somebody to sleep
(ambitransitive) Of birds, to vocalise: ▸ To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
(ambitransitive, literary) Of birds, to vocalise: ▸ To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
The evening was still very warm, and the birds in the woods were singing in praise of spring. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 68:
I do but sing because I must,
And pipe but as the linnets sing:
And unto one her note is gay,
For now her little ones have ranged;
And unto one her note is changed,
Because her brood is stol’n away. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36:
(idiomatic) To rejoice.
My heart was singing.
(idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
(intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
O'er his head the flying spear / Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. 1715–1720, Homer, “Book XXII”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
A strong wind was making the wires sing.
a singing kettle
The air sings in passing through a crevice.
(ambitransitive) To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry; to praise.
Again I bid the mournful Goddeſs write / The fond Purſuit of fugitive Delight: / Bid her exalt her melancholy Wing, / And rais'd from Earth, and ſav'd from Paſſion, ſing / Of human Hope by croſs Event deſtroyed, / Of uſeleſs Wealth, and Greatneſs unenjoy'd, […] 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, book II (Pleasure), page 468:
If chocolate is America’s most magnificent culinary obsession — and it seems to be, what with best-selling books either admitting the chocolatoholic tendencies of the author or singing the joys of the stuff — then Valentine’s Day has got to be the chocolate lover’s holiday. 1983 January 26, Cathy Mauk, “Chocolate desserts to melt your Valentine’s heart”, in The Forum, volume 105, number 71, Fargo, N.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B-4, column 1:
Who would not ſing for Lycidas? he knew / Himſelf to ſing, and build the lofty rhyme. 1637 (date written; published 1638), John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 57:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
[Alissa Monte said] “This result was all about demonstrating that LZ [the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment] works, and it does! As we take more data and mature our analyses, we get to make LZ sing. […]” 2022 July 7, Sonia Fernandez, “‘Out of the Starting Gate’”, in The Current, University of California, Santa Barbara, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022:
The sauce really makes this lamb sing.
(ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
No song sings well unless it is open-vowelled, and has the rhythmic stress on the vowels. Tennyson's songs, for instance, are not generally adapted to music. 1875, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 118, page 685:
(Australia) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.
‘We sung them two real good. We never give Louis Beck no place to find rest from his torment.’ 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 343:
‘He says the Walcott Inlet men have sung him, and this tribe will meet the Walcott men and fight when the big walk-about comes, after the peanut season.’ 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 212:
(archaic, slang) To yell or shout.
I took my flogging like a stone. If I had sung, some of the convicts would have given me some lush with a locust in it (laudanum hocussing), and when I was asleep would have given me a crack on the head that would have laid me straight. 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
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harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · xwo ᡑᡇᡇ᠌ᠯᠠᡍᡇ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · bg пе́я (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cs zpívat (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi ujeltaa (to make a small, shrill sound) · fi laulaa (to express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization) · or ଗାଇବା (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · km ច្រៀង (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · he שָׁר (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fa-ira خوانْدَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · su kawih (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ln yémba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tg хондан (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ln konzemba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · osx singan (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tl kumanta (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · kix tsūi (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ota ایرلامق (to express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization) · sh пје̏вати (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sah ыллаа (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · kjh ырлирға (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ang singan (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mrw sengal (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ml പാടുക (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · la cantō (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · th ขับร้อง (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lb sangen (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ky ырдоо (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · scn cantari (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · th ร้องเพลง (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · as গোৱা (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · xdq булчӏа́на (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · arz غنى (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ast cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ba һайрау (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ota ایرلامق (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · yo rin (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi laulaa (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ang āgalan (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · kl erinarsorpoq (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · da synge (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · xh cula (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fr se mettre à table (slang: to confess under interrogation) · dsb spiwaś (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ko 노래부르다 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ur گانا (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · yi זינגען (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · abs manyanyi (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · so heesid (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · txb pi- (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · os зарын (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · urk ญาญี (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · eu abestu (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · br kana (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · eo kanti (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · kn ಗಾನಮಾಡು (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ja 歌う (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · egl kantēr (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · krl pajattua (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · nap cantà (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fo syngja (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · eu kantatu (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ba йырлау (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pl śpiewać (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sv sjunga (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · hi गाना (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cmn 唱 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · odt singan (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · prs سُرُودَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · udm кырӟаны (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ug ئىرلىماق (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ovd sjungga (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ba йырҙау (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sh pjȅvati (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · an cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · srn singi (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · it cantare (slang: to confess under interrogation) · ru петь (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ps سندرې ويل (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pa ਗਾਉਣਾ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · urk เมอญาญี (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · nn syngja (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · el κελαηδώ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · gld икэрэ- (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ca cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pl zaśpiewać (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · st bina (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · be спява́ць (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ug ناخشا ئېيتماق (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · be заспява́ць (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ay jailyinya (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fa-ira سُرودَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · gu ગાવું (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · zea zienge (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · vo kanitön (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mt għanna (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pa ਗਾਉਣਾ (to express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization) · ga can (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lt giedóti (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lld cianté (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · eve икэ̄дэй (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · syc ܙܡܪ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fa-ira آواز خوانْدَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ka მღერა (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lo ຮ້ອງ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · inh лакха (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi laulaa (to relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry) · sd ڳائڻ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mk пе́е (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ovd kweðå (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · az oxumaq (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ka მღერის (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · zro uranu (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · grk-mar трагудъу́ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · prs آوَاز خوَانْدَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tg сурудан кардан (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · hy երգել (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ce лекха (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mn дуулах (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · am ዘፈነ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tsg mag-bāt (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mi korihi (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · vi hót (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cmn 唱歌 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · qu takiy (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tt җырларга (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · se lávlut (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lg okuyimba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi olla laulettavissa (to be capable of being sung) · kim ырлаар (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · vi hát (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tpi singsing (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · bn গাওয়া (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ar غَنَّى (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · gd ceileir (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · nah cuīca (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ia cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ln koyemba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tl umawit (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ngh ǂheeke (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fa-cls سُرُودَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · shi ttirir (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · el τραγουδώ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · alt кожоҥдоор (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mi waiata (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · xal дуулх (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tr şarkı söylemek (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · yua k'aay (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · enm singen (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · uga 𐎇𐎎𐎗 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · el ψέλνω (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · la canō (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · zdj uheza (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mdh sengal (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · bg звъня́ (to make a small, shrill sound) · co cantà (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · got 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍉𐌽 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · csb spiéwac (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ko 노래하다 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · qu takii (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fr chanter (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lv dziedāt (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · hu énekel (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · orv пѣти (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pro chantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · oj nagamo (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ha rera (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · bg изпя́вам (slang: to confess under interrogation) · nrf chanter (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ktu yimbila (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ht chante (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · nb synge (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · oc cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fa-cls آوَاز خْوَانْدَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · id bernyanyi (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · io kantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mr गाणे (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ug ناۋا قىلماق (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · hu köp (slang: to confess under interrogation) · fi laulaa (slang: to confess under interrogation) · gv kiaull (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tum kwimba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · gd seinn (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · el κελαηδώ (slang: to confess under interrogation) · cst sá̄weknek (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cmn 鳴 /鸣 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · kk өлең айту (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cjs сарнарға (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fy sjonge (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · id menyanyi (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mww hu nkauj (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pap kanta (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · got 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lmo cantà (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ary غنى (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · az çağırmaq (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ruo cântå (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · yue 唱 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sh pȅvati (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · grc ᾄδω (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tl kanta (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · uk заспіва́ти (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ln emba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · bo གཞས་གཏོང (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mwl cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · yue 唱歌 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · si ගයනවා (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · gl cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · gez ዘመረ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tr küylemek (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mn дуу дуулах (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · kdr йырламакъ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ruq cǫnt (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ms menyanyi (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · haw mele (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · de singen (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · el άδω (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi viheltää (to make a small, shrill sound) · th ร้อง (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pa گانا (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tr ırlamak (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · alt сарындаар (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · rup cãntu (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · dlg ыллаа (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · grc ἀείδω (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · te పాడు (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · hsb spěwać (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cu пѣти (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · es cantar (slang: to confess under interrogation) · tet nanu (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · evn давла̄демӣ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sw kuimba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · crh yırlamaq (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · es cantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ckb گۆرانی وتن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · frp chantar (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · rsk шпивац (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi vasikoida (slang: to confess under interrogation) · mn магтан дуулах (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · nds singen (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · is syngja (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · az ötmək (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · prs خوَانْدَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · yao kujimba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · kjh сарнирға (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · zu cula (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · gd gabh òran (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pua pireni (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ota اوقومق (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ota چاغرمق (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ktu yimba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · za ciengq (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fa-cls خْوَانْدَن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fur cjantâ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sl zapeti (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cst harwec (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · af sing (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lld cianter (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · dlm cantur (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ks گؠوُن (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · cy canu (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ttj -zina (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · bua дуулаха (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · uk співа́ти (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sq këndoj (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · wa tchanter (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · pa گانا (to express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization) · it cantare (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lt dainuoti (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · tyv ырлаар (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi lausua (to relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry) · nl zingen (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ja 鳴く (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · fi laulaa (uneen) (to soothe with singing) · lol emba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · grc ὑμνέω (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sa गायति (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ko 부르다 (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · uz kuylamoq (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sh пе̏вати (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · wo woiy (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sk spievať (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mnc ᡠᠴᡠᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · nv hataał (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · id berkicau (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · lld ciantà (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · atj nakamo (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · he זימר (slang: to confess under interrogation) · ne गाउनु (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · el τραγουδάω (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · sa गायति (to express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization) · mfe sante (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · ny kuimba (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · mt kanta (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) · et laulma (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice)