cha

cha

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

From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindi चा (cā) / Urdu چا‎ (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا‎, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

cha (uncountable)

1. tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai

   Would you like a cup of cha?

   • 1934, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, August 4 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 206):

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

• tea

• chai
• char

Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə/

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• Rhymes: -ə

cha

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) You.
   • 1976, Flying Magazine, page 34

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

   • 2005, “Don't Cha”, performed by Pussycat Dolls:

     Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?

   • 2008, Barbara L. Jent, The Weddin' Day, Barbara Jent, →ISBN, page 157:

     “You'll be ridin' with us, won't cha, Josh?”

• dincha
• doncha
• gotcha

From cha-cha (q.v.)

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

cha

1. (dancing) 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 the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

cha (plural chas or cha)

1. (Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

• ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

• cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, choo, chéeme

From Old High German kweman, chuman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognate with German kommen, Dutch komen, English come, Icelandic koma, Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman).

cha

1. (Uri) to come

• ubercha

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

• char

From Hindi चार (cār).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕa/

cha (Bengali script চা)

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.

From Middle Irish níco(n), noco(n), nocho(n), nocha(n)}}, from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

• IPA^(key): /ha/[1]

cha (Triggers lenition of b, c, f, g, m, p, s. Triggers eclipsis of d, t.)

1. (Ulster) not

   Cha phósann sí é.

   She will not marry him.

   Cha dtugaim.

   I do not give, I will not give.

Used only in some varieties of Ulster 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”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

cha

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of チャ

From Chinese 茶, highly likely via Cantonese caa⁴ rather than Hokkien tê.

cha

1. tea

cha

1. Nonstandard spelling of chā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chà.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Middle Irish níco(n), noco(n), nocho(n), nocha(n), from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con. Compare Irish ní, cha, Scottish Gaelic cha.

cha

1. not

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

   Cha vel blass er. ― It has no taste.

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

cha

1. Alternative form of cho

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa]

cha

1. Allomorph of ka (interrogative particle) used after words that end in i.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑ̀]

cha

1. crying, weeping

From Proto-Katuic *caa, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *caʔ.

• IPA^(key): [caː]

cha 

1. to eat

Apparently from Sanskrit *ष्वष् (ṣvaṣ), variant of षष् (ṣaṣ)[1]; see there for further etymology.

cha

1. six[2]

Optionally indeclinable.

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/

-cha

1. Clipping of -chiwa.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) that

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

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) who, whom

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

From Middle Irish nochan, from Old Irish nícon, from ní (“not”) + con (“toward”). Cognates include Irish cha and Manx cha.

• 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 or fh, the form chan is used.
• Lenites the following word unless it starts with t or d, although in some dialects those words may be lenited as well.

cha

1. Negative forms of the copula: is not

   Cha mhise m’ athair. ― I am not my father.

   Cha bhòrd bòrd gun aran ach ’s bòrd aran leis fhèin. ― A table without bread is 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 or fh, the form chan is used.
• Lenites the following word unless it starts with t or d, although in some dialects those words may be lenited as well.
• Does not lenite pronouns except for mi, mise.

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Colin Mark (2003), “cha”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 129

• chá

From Portuguese chá, from Cantonese 茶 (caa⁴). Compare Tagalog tsaa, Cebuano tsa.

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

cha m (plural chas)

1. (Philippines, historical) tea

   Synonym: té

• “cha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Venancio M. de Abella (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), 12.ᵃ edition, Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 115

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-cha (infinitive kucha)

1. to dawn, (of the sun) to rise

   Antonym: -chwa

2. to fear, be afraid

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.