different between choo vs choon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?u?]

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

Anagrams

• coho, ooch

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /xo?/

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’, Rund umme Blattetisch, p, 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.

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

Pronunciation

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

English

Etymology

Phonetic rendering of tune.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

choon (plural choons)

1. (Britain, nonstandard) A song or track, especially one that is catchy.
   • 2000, E Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Colin Channer, Marcus Major, Got to Be Real: Four Original Love Stories

     And the music was so sweet, see because we just knew the choon. And we could have played a hundred choons that night...

   • 2005, David Else, Oliver Berry, England

     A sleek cosmopolitan club with mainstream choons.

Anagrams

• nooch