cha

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forChamorro.

FromChinese茶(chá), fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*s-la, via two routes: in some cases fromHindustaniचा(cā) /چا(cā) (a variant of the same root, fromPersianچا, which led tochai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from茶(chá)/t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century.Doublet oftea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciationtê.

• IPA^(key):/t͡ʃɑː/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɑː

cha (uncountable)

1. tea,sometimes(dialect)specificallymasala chai

   Would you like a cup ofcha?

   • 1934 August 4,George Herriman,Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip,→ISBN, page206:

     [Krazy Kat, bringing a full tray:] Look, folkses – hot dogs, hotcha, hot peppa pots, hot timollies – hot kuffy.^[sic]

• tea

• chai
• char
• chaw

Pronunciation spelling ofyou, especially when preceded by at sound.

• IPA^(key):/t͡ʃʌ/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ʌ

cha

1. (dialectal,nonstandard)You.
   • 1976,Flying Magazine, page34:

     You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can'tcha?

   • 2005, Busta Rhymes, CeeLo Green, “Don't Cha”, performed by Pussycat Dolls:

     Don'tcha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?

   • 2008, Barbara L. Jent,The Weddin' Day, Barbara Jent,→ISBN, page157:

     “You'll be ridin' with us, won'tcha, Josh?”

• dincha
• doncha
• gotcha

Fromcha-cha (q.v.)

• IPA^(key):/t͡ʃɑː/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɑː

cha

1. (dance)Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances

   One–two–cha–cha–cha
   Three–four–cha–cha–cha

From theMcCune-Reischauer romanization ofKorean자(ja).

• IPA^(key):/t͡ʃɑː/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɑː

cha (pluralchasorcha)

1. (Korean units of measure)Synonym ofKorean foot: atraditionalunit oflengthequivalent toabout 30.3 cm.

• cha chaan teng

• ACH,CAH,HAC,HCA,ach,cah

• cheemen,cheme,cho,chomu,choo,chéeme

FromOld High Germankweman,chuman, fromProto-Germanic*kwemaną. Cognate withGermankommen,Dutchkomen,Englishcome,Icelandickoma,Gothic𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽(qiman).

cha

1. (Uri) tocome

• ubercha

• Abegg, Emil, (1911)Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

• char

FromHindiचार(cār).

• IPA^(key):/t͡ɕa/

cha (Bengali scriptচা)

1. four

• byryi
• por

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015.Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online:https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 3.

FromMiddle Irishníco(n),noco(n),nocho(n),nocha(n), fromOld Irishnícon,nacon, fromnícon.

• IPA^(key):/ha(ː)/^[1]

cha(Triggerslenition ofb,c,f,g,m,p,s. Triggerseclipsis ofd,t.)

1. (Ulster)not

   Cha phósann sí é.

   She willnot marry him.

   Cha dtugaim.

   I donot give, I willnot give.

Used only in some varieties ofUlster Irish. Not used with the future tense; a future meaning can be conveyed by using it with the present tense.

• ní(used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)

• chan(used before vowel sounds)
• char(used before the past tense)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cha”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nícon”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

cha

1. Thehiragana syllableちゃ(cha) or thekatakana syllableチャ(cha) inHepburn romanization.

Borrowed fromChinese茶(chá), highly likely viaCantonesecaa⁴ rather thanHokkientê.

cha

1. tea

• IPA^(key):/xa/

cha m inan

1. The name of theLatin-script letterch/Ch.

• (Latin-script letter names)a,bej,cej,čet,ćej,dej,ej,ět,ef,gej,ha,cha,i,jot,ka,eł,el,em,en,ejn,o,pej,er,ejŕ,es,eš,śej,tej,u,wej,y,zet,žet,źej

cha

1. Nonstandard spelling ofchā.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofchá.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofchǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling ofchà.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

FromMiddle Irishníco(n),noco(n),nocho(n),nocha(n), fromOld Irishnícon,nacon, fromnícon. CompareIrishní,cha,Scottish Gaeliccha.

cha

1. not

   Cha bee'n poosey ayn. ―The marriage will not take place.

   Cha velblass er. ―It has no taste.

• Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
• Becomeschan before a vowel.

cha

1. Alternative form ofcho

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nícon”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key):/t͡ʃʰɑ̀/

cha

1. crying,weeping

FromProto-Katuic*caa, fromProto-Mon-Khmer*caʔ.

• IPA^(key):[caː]

cha 

1. toeat

Possibly fromSanskrit*ट्षष्(ṭṣaṣ), variant ofषष्(ṣaṣ);^[1] see there for further etymology.

cha

1. six^[2]

Optionally indeclinable.

• (standard)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃa/

-cha

1. Clipping of-chiwa.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

cha

1. (Puter,Vallader)that

• che(Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan)
• ca,c'(Sutsilvan)
• tgi(Surmiran)

cha

1. (Puter,Vallader)who,whom

• che(Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan)
• tge(Sutsilvan)
• tgi(Surmiran)

FromMiddle Irishnochan, fromOld Irishnícon, fromní(“not”) +con(“toward”). Cognates includeIrishcha andManxcha.

• IPA^(key):/xa/
• Hyphenation:cha

cha

1. Used together with a dependent form of a verb to form the negative:not

   Cha robh bean aig Iain. ―Ian didn't have a wife.

• Before a word starting with a vowel orfh, the formchan is used.
• Lenites the following word unless it starts witht ord, although in some dialects those words may be lenited as well.

cha

1. Negative forms of the copula:isnot

   Cha mhise m’ athair. ―Iam not my father.

   Cha bhòrd bòrd gun aran ach ’s bòrd aran leis fhèin. ―A table without breadis no table but bread is a table by itself.

   Cha toigh leam càise. ―I don't like cheese.

• Before a word starting with a vowel orfh, the formchan is used.
• Lenites the following word unless it starts witht ord, although in some dialects those words may be lenited as well.
• Does not lenite pronouns except formi,mise.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nícon”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Colin Mark (2003) “cha”, inThe Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge,→ISBN, page129

• chá

Borrowed fromPortuguesechá, fromMacaneseCantonese茶(caa⁴). CompareTagalogtsa,Cebuanotsa.Doublet ofté.

• IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃa/[ˈt͡ʃa]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:cha

cha m (pluralchas)

1. (Philippines,historical)tea

   Synonym:té

• “cha”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874)Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎^[1],12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page115

• Audio(Kenya):

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-cha (infinitivekucha)

1. todawn,(of the sun) torise

   Antonym:-chwa

2. tofear, beafraid

In Standard Swahili, the sense "to fear" is used of reverential fear, generally fearing God. However, in the Mombasa dialect, it is used as a synonym of-ogopa.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative:-chea
  • Causative:-chesha
  • Passive:-chewa

• Nominal derivations:
  • mcha

cha

1. ki class_(VII) inflected form of-a

cha

1. no

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃa/[ˈt͡ʃa]
  • IPA^(key):(no yod coalescence)/ˈtsa/[ˈt͡sa]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:cha

cha (Baybayin spellingᜆ᜔ᜐ)

1. Alternative form oftsa

From fastpronunciation spelling oftihaya.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃaʔ/[ˈt͡ʃaʔ]
  • IPA^(key):(no yod coalescence)/ˈtsaʔ/[ˈt͡saʔ]
• Rhymes:-aʔ
• Syllabification:cha

châ (Baybayin spellingᜆ᜔ᜐ)(card games,dated,slang)

1. face-up(in playing cards)

   Synonym:tihaya

   Antonyms:chub,taob

• chaya,tsaya

CompareLimchowese吒 (zaa1, “father”).

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[t͡ɕaː˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[t͡ɕaː˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[caː˧˧]

• Audio(Hà Nội):

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• Audio(Saigon):

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cha• (吒,𤕔)

1. (literary,dated, otherwiseCatholicism)father

   Synonyms:ba,bố,thầy,cậu,tía,áng

2. (Southern Vietnam,humorous)dude

   Synonyms:bố,cha nội

   Thôi dẹp đicha!

   Stop it,dude!

cha

1. (dated orliterary)I/me, your father
2. (dated orliterary)you, my father
3. (Catholicism) you, father

cha

1. Aspirate mutation ofca.

• IPA^(key):[tʃa]

cha

1. beaver

FromProto-Micronesian*caa, fromProto-Oceanic*draʀaq, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*daʀaq, fromProto-Austronesian*daʀaq.

cha

1. blood

cha

1. (stative)red
2. (stative)bloody,bleeding

• IPA^(key):[t͡ʃa]

cha

1. Allomorph ofka(interrogative particle) used after words that end ini.

cha

1. sharp

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):/ǀʰá/

cha

1. no

   Synonym:qha

• C. M. Doke,B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “cha”, inZulu-English Dictionary,→ISBN: “cha (2)”