choo

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See also: 'choo, Choo, cħoo, and chỗ ở

English

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Noun

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choo (plural choos)

  1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a locomotive whistle
    We could hear the choo choo choo

Usage notes

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Almost always repeated in use, as in the example given.

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Old High German kweman, chuman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Compare German kommen, Dutch komen, English come, Icelandic koma, Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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choo (third-person singular simple present chunt, past participle choo, past subjunctive cheem, auxiliary sii)

  1. 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?

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Galician

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Verb

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choo

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of choer

Igbo

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Interjection

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choo

  1. stop! hold it!

Further reading

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  • 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

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Noun

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choo

  1. Lenited form of coo.

Sekani

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Noun

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choo

  1. (in some dialects) Alternative form of too (water)

References

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  • Sharon Hargus, Documenting for revitalization: Kwadacha Tsek'ene, a case study (2014)

Swahili

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choo
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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choo (ki-vi class, plural vyoo)

  1. toilet, water closet, latrine
  2. excrement
  3. earthworm

Yosondúa Mixtec

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Etymology

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Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec tyòò.

Noun

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choo

  1. crab

References

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  • 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