choo
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
choo (plural choos)
- (onomatopoeia) The sound of a locomotive whistle
- We could hear the choo choo choo
Usage notes edit
Almost always repeated in use, as in the example given.
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Alemannic German edit
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Etymology edit
From Old High German kweman, chuman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Compare German kommen, Dutch komen, English come, Icelandic koma, Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
choo (third-person singular simple present chunt, past participle choo, past subjunctive cheem, auxiliary sii)
- to come
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- He, Fritz, chunsch mit is?
- Hey, Fritz, you coming with us?
- 1966, Georg Thürer, “Im Landsgmei-Ring”, in Rund umme Blattetisch, page 12:
- «Frigg, chunsch au a d Landsgmei?» rüeft der Balz uf em Brüggli vum Büehlhuus.
- ‘Frigg, will you be coming to the Landsgemeinde too?’ Balz called from the steps of the Bühlhaus.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Chunt er aigentlich zu dir hai?
- Is he actually coming to you at home?
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.
Galician edit
Verb edit
choo
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of choer
Igbo edit
Interjection edit
choo
Further reading edit
- Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “coo”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 35
Manx edit
Noun edit
choo
- Lenited form of coo.
Sekani edit
Noun edit
choo
References edit
- Sharon Hargus, Documenting for revitalization: Kwadacha Tsek'ene, a case study (2014)
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
choo (ki-vi class, plural vyoo)
Yosondúa Mixtec edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec tyòò.
Noun edit
choo
References edit
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 8