different between choo vs coho

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

The earlier spelling "cohose" was re-interpreted as a plural form (for a similar development, see pea). From Halkomelem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??h??/
• Rhymes: -??h??

Noun

coho (plural cohos)

1. An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
   • 1996, Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids, National Research Council, Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest, page 105,

     Overall, OCN^{[Oregon Coastal Natural]} coho constitute the largest aggregate of coho populations in the United States outside Alaska.

   • 1998, Robert Harvey Conrad, Coho Salmon Escapement to the Skagit River Estimated Using a Mark-recapture Method, 1989, page i,

     Since 1965, an index live-count method has been used to annually estimate the number of coho salmon in the escapement to the Skagit River.

   • 2000, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Sitka Ranger District, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Redoubt Lake Cabin, Baranof Island: Fish and Wildlife Opportunities, unnumbered page,

     Redoubt Lake has good populations of both coho and sockeye salmon and minor runs of pink salmon and a few chum salmon. The sockeye run peaks during early July, and the coho run begins in August.

Synonyms

• (Onchorhynchus kisutch): blue jack, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon

Translations

See also

• Coho salmon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oncorhynchus kisutch on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• coho on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

Anagrams

• 'choo, Choo, choo, ooch

Latin

Noun

coh?

1. dative singular of cohum
2. ablative singular of cohum