soo

See also: Soo, -soo, and sôo

English

Noun

soo (plural soos)

  1. (UK, dialect) sow

References

Anagrams

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

Noun

soo

  1. genitive singular of sugu

Finnish

Alternative forms

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.

Ingrian
Soo.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

References
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, 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

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)

  1. berry
Derived terms
  • soo crouw
  • soo thallooin

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
soohoo
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

Numeral

soo

  1. (cardinal number) four

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈso.u/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈso.o/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈso.u/, (regional) /ˈso.wu/

  • 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 soije, soijõ
partitive sootõ soitõ
illative sohho, sohosõ soije, soijõ, 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 or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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