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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

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  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /ˈkuːʷiː/

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Substantiivi

  1. (Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.
  2. (Australia, informal, with "within", also figuratively) A short distance; hailing distance.

Verbi

  1. (intransitive, Australia, informal) To make such a call.

Huudahdus

  1. (informal, chiefly Australia, UK) Used to attract someone's attention.

Esimerkit

  • I call out, “Coo-ee” with long Coo and short ee like whip-bird call. Everybody in my mob know my cooee. Any one of my mob hear that, they give me cooee back.
  • I listen.
  • No cooee come back.
  • Just as I was preparing to write in my exercise book, I heard a cooee. Cooees were not part of the code.
  • That is not within cooee of 10 per cent; it is much closer to six per cent.
  • We were carless, in the dark, and no one to help within cooee.
  • ‘Look out for snakes,’ said Long Charlie, flourishing his lantern. ‘And don′t all of us be coo-eeing all the time, or when the little chap sings out we shan't be able to hear him.’
  • Slipping out of the tail of the dray, I cooeed as loud as I could which was answered.
  • I cooeed back. Another cooee came in what seemed to be a reply. I cooeed again.
  • Cooee! I'm over here!
  • Then, raising her hands to her lips she utters a long, loud, piercing " Cooee ! "
  • " Coo — ee ! " comes back over the black waters.
  • Gaygar could hear her people cooee out to her, "COOEE, GAYGAR! COOEE, GAYGAR!" they would cry.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfekticooeed
Imperfekticooeed
Partisiipin preesenscooeeing
Monikkocooees
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesenscooees

(Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.

Australia World War I recruitment poster depicts an Australian soldier in the Dardanelles using the "Coo-ee" to summon reinforcements from Australia, 1915