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Re:Distant languages have similar sounds for common words by wodenokoto on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @07:09PM (#12544131)
Not quite what you are asking for, but in Danish you tell kids that a dog is a wuf-wuf-dog and a cow is a muu-cow, etc., basically concatenating the onomatopoeia and the normal noun together.

A few onomatopoeia have also evolved into nouns, such as vov (wuf) is the basis for vovse (informal for dog)

Re:Distant languages have similar sounds for common words by flukus on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @09:59PM (#12544888)
Similarly in english we use "yappy dog" to describe little chihuahua like dogs. You can drop dog, or substitute it for a superlative of your choice and everyone will understand what you mean.
Re:Distant languages have similar sounds for common words by Bakary on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @08:47PM (#12544597)
The woof bark doggo