shammus

sham(m)us

(ˈʃeməs)

n. a police officer or a detective. (Probably from Yiddish.) One thing that a shamus always knows is when another shamus is following him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cathryn	KATH-rin	English
Devin	DEV-in	English, Irish
Ingolf	ING-gawlf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Ya	-	Chinese
Stevo	-	Serbian, Croatian
MatouŠ	-	Czech