From an unstressedyou (/jə/) after a word ending in/t/; the unstressed sequence/tj/coalesces into/tʃ/⟨ch⟩ in many accents. Comparedidja.
-cha (clitic)
- (informal, used only after a/t/ sound)Alternative form ofya(“you”).
- Sometimes written as a separate word (cha).
-cha
- Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
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| Momentaneous | | -CHA (cry)
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| Continuative | -CHA (cry)
| -CHA (cry)
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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*-xa.
- IPA(key): /xa/
- Rhymes:-a
- Syllabification:-cha
-cha
- attached totruncatedstems ofcommon nouns to form feminine or masculine nouns, oftenaugmentative orderogatory
- gospodyni + -cha → gospocha
- gorzałka + -cha → gocha
- kiszka + -cha → kicha
- kleryk + -cha → klecha
- kmotra + -cha → kmocha
- kreska + -cha → krecha
- łyżka + -cha → łycha
- misa + -cha → micha
- pietruszka + -cha → pietrucha
- plesz + -cha → plecha
- wiązka + -cha → wiącha
- wioska + -cha → wiocha
- zagryzka + -cha → zagrycha
- attached to truncated stems ofgiven names to formnicknames
- Krystyna + -cha → Krzycha
- Zofia + -cha → Zocha
Feminine:
Masculine:
Masculine surnames:
- -cha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Stankiewicz, Edward (1986),The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity[1], pages259-263
-cha
- Factive suffix.Verbalizesnouns (N→V). Expresses that the head noun is beingmade,built,shaped,turned into,added orremoved from something else.
- apu(“chief”) →apuchay(“to turn into a chief ⇒ to honor”)
- pampa(“flat, plains”) →pampachay(“to turn into a plain ⇒ to level, to demolish, to forgive”)
- wasi(“house”) →wasichay(“to build a house”)
- qura(“grass”) →qurachay(“to remove grass ⇒ to weed”)
- Diminutive suffix (N→N). Used to indicate a smaller size or to convey affection.
- allqu(“dog”) →allqucha(“puppy”)
- allqu(“dog”) →allqchay(“my (dear) dog”)
FromProto-Turkic*-če(orientative–prolative suffix). Cognate withAzerbaijani-cə,Kazakh-ше(-şe),Turkish-ce.
-cha
- suffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries
- oʻzbek(“Uzbek”) + -cha → oʻzbekcha(“Uzbek-style”)
- Ozarbayjon(“Azerbaijan”) + -cha → ozarbayjoncha(“Azerbaijani-style”)
- (nominalized adverbs)names the languages of these groups or countries
- Synonym:...tili
- oʻzbek(“Uzbek”) + -cha → oʻzbekcha(“Uzbek language”)
- Ozarbayjon(“Azerbaijan”) + -cha → ozarbayjoncha(“Azerbaijani language”)
Variant orthographies| ALIV | -cha |
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| Brazilian standard | -cha |
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| New Tribes | -cha |
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-cha
- allomorph of-ta used for stems that end ini
