choo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "choo"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː

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

• HoCo, hoco, coho, ooch, HOCO

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

• (Zürich) 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

Mutation

Mutation of coo

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coo	choo	goo

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɔː/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɔː/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

choo class VII (plural vyoo class VIII)

1. toilet, water closet, latrine
2. excrement

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɔː/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʰɔː/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

choo class I/IX (plural choo class II/X)

1. 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