soo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soo"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

soo (plural soos)

1. (UK, dialectal) Alternative form of sow.

References

• “soo” in the Lancashire dialect, John Collier, 1822

Etymology 2

Adverb

soo (not comparable)

1. Elongated form of so.

See also

• soo wee

Anagrams

• OOS, Oso, oos

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *soo (compare Finnish suo) but unknown beyond that. Possibly from Proto-Uralic *toxi (“lake”), the irregular development *t → *s may have been motivated by avoidance of homonymy with the pronoun too.

Noun

soo (genitive soo, partitive sood)

1. swamp

Declension

Declension of soo (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	soo	sood
genitive	soo	soode
partitive	sood	soid
illative	sohu, soosse	soodesse
inessive	soos	soodes
elative	soost	soodest
allative	soole	soodele
adessive	sool	soodel
ablative	soolt	soodelt
translative	sooks	soodeks
terminative	sooni	soodeni
essive	soona	soodena
abessive	soota	soodeta
comitative	sooga	soodega

See also

• raba
• lodu

Etymology 2

Noun

soo

1. genitive singular of sugu

Finnish

Alternative forms

• so

Etymology

From Swedish så (usually repeated like in Finnish, så-så).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoː/, [ˈs̠o̞ː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Syllabification^(key): soo

Interjection

soo

1. (often repeated) tsk, tut-tut (expression of disapproval or holding back)

   Soo soo, ei vielä.

   Tut-tut, not yet.

Usage notes

Most often repeated twice.

Further reading

• “soo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Ingrian

Soo.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo. Cognates include Finnish suo and Estonian soo.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː/, [ˈs̠oː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː/, [ˈʃo̝ː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: soo
• Homophone: suu

Noun

soo

1. swamp
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 47:

     Mis olliit soot ja metsät suuret,

     Where there were swamps and large forests,

Declension

Declension of soo (type 8/maa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	soo	soot
genitive	soon	soijen
partitive	soota	soita
illative	sooho	soihe
inessive	soos	sois
elative	soost	soist
allative	soolle	soille
adessive	sool	soil
ablative	soolt	soilt
translative	sooks	soiks
essive	soonna, soon	soinna, soin
exessive1)	soont	soint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• sookulikka
• Vehkasoo

 

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 66
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 542

Manx

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

soo (verbal noun soo, past participle sooit)

1. to soak, soak up, suck, extract
2. to preserve
3. to imbibe, tipple, sip
4. to sap
5. to jam
6. to blot (as paper)

Derived terms

• so-hoo

Noun

soo m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. verbal noun of soo
2. blotting, absorption
3. suction, sucking, soaking
4. tippling
5. exhaustion
6. extraction

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish sub, from Old Irish suib (“strawberry”), from Proto-Celtic *subi.

Noun

soo m (genitive singular soo, plural sooghyn)

2. berry

Derived terms

• soo crouw
• soo thallooin

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
soo	hoo after "yn", too	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Pnar

Pnar cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : soo     Ordinal : wa soo

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *saːw, an innovation of the Khasian branch. Cognate with Khasi saw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so/

Numeral

soo

1. (cardinal number) four

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso.o/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈso.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈso.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈso.(w)u/

• Homophone: sou-o
• Hyphenation: so‧o

Verb

soo

1. first-person singular present indicative of soar

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː/, [ˈsoː]
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: soo

Noun

soo

1. marsh

Inflection

Declension of soo (type I/maa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	soo	sood
genitive	soo	soijõ
partitive	sootõ	soitõ
illative	sohho, sohosõ	soisõ
inessive	sooz	soiz
elative	soossõ	soissõ
allative	soolõ	soilõ
adessive	soollõ	soillõ
ablative	sooltõ	soiltõ
translative	soossi	soissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn