choo

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃuː]

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

choo (plural choos)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a locomotive whistle

   We could hear the choo choo choo

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• choo-choo

 

See also

• a-choo
• choo pattern

 

Anagrams

• coho, ooch

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /xoː/

Verb

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?

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

Galician

Verb

choo

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

Igbo

Interjection

choo

1. stop! hold it!

Further reading

• 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

Noun

choo

1. Lenited form of coo.

Sekani

Noun

choo

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

References

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

Swahili

choo

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

choo (ki-vi class, plural vyoo)

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

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec tyòò.

Noun

choo

1. crab

References

• 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