# soo
## English
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1
#### Noun

soo (plural soos)
* (UK, dialectal) Alternative form of sow.

#### References

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

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

soo (not comparable)
* 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)
* swamp

##### See also

* raba
* lodu

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

soo
* genitive singular of sugu

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* so

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoː/, [ˈs̠o̞ː]
* Rhymes: -oː
* Hyphenation: soo

### Interjection

soo
* (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]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Galician
### Verb

soo
* first-person singular present indicative of soar
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of soer

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

soo
* 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,

#### Derived terms

* sooheinä
* sookulikka
* sooniitty
* soovehka
* Vehkasoo

### 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)
* to soak, soak up, suck, extract
* to preserve
* to imbibe, tipple, sip
* to sap
* to jam
* to blot (as paper)

##### Derived terms

* so-hoo

#### Noun

soo m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
* verbal noun of soo
* blotting, absorption
* suction, sucking, soaking
* tippling
* exhaustion
* extraction

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

soo m (genitive singular soo, plural sooghyn)
* berry

##### Derived terms

* soo crouw
* soo thallooin

### Mutation

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

## Pnar
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /so/

### Numeral

soo
* (cardinal number) four

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈso.u/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈso.u/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈso.o/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈso.u/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈso.u/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈso(w).u/
* Homophone: sou-o
* Hyphenation: so‧o

### Verb

soo
* first-person singular present indicative of soar

## Swahili
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “ShengNation (http://www.sheng.co.ke/kamusi/?word_id=1116) suggests: Derived from the English adverb "So" and related to things being "so big". Its use in denoting a Hundred Shillings stemmed from the fact that for a long time, the largest denomination in Kenya was the 100 Shilling note. It was not until 1986 that a larger 200 Shillings note was introduced.”

### Noun

soo class ? (plural [please provide])
* (Kenya, slang) hundred shilling

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soo.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

soo
* marsh

#### Inflection
### References

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