cha

See also: Variations of "cha"

cha - Translingual

Symbol

cha

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

cha - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡ʃɑː/

Noun

cha (uncountable)

tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai
- Would you like a cup of cha?

Synonyms

Related terms

chai
char

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡ʃə/

Pronoun

cha

(dialectal, nonstandard) You.

Derived terms

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡ʃɑː/

Particle

cha

(dance) Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances
- One–two–cha–cha–chaThree–four–cha–cha–cha

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡ʃɑː/

Noun

cha (plural chas or cha)

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

Anagrams

ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

cha - Alemannic German

Alternative forms

cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, choo, chéeme

Verb

cha

(Uri) to come

Conjugation

		singular			plural
infinitive		cha
past participle		cha
		1^st person ich, i	2^nd person du	3^rd person er/si/es	1^st person mir	2^nd person ir	3^rd person si
indicative	present	chuume	chunsch	chunt	chemme	chemmet	chemme
subjunctive	present	chemm, chemmi	chemmesch	chemm, chemmi	chemme	chemmet	chemme
subjunctive	past	chëm, chëmi, chëmt, chëmti, chiem, chiemi	chëmesch, chëmtesch, chiemesch	chëm, chëmi, chëmt, chëmti, chiem, chiemi	chëme, chëmte, chieme	chëmet, chëmtet, chieme	chëme, chëmte, chieme
imperative	affirmative	—	chu	—	—	chemmet	—

Derived terms

ubercha

cha - Atong (India)

Alternative forms

char

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡ɕa/

Numeral

cha (Bengali script চা)

four

Synonyms

byryi
por

cha - Irish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ha/

Particle

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

(Ulster) not
- Cha phósann sí é.
  - She will not marry him.
- Cha dtugaim.
  - I do not give, I will not give.

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

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

cha - Japanese

Romanization

cha

Rōmaji transcription of ちゃ
Rōmaji transcription of チャ

cha - Kapampangan

Noun

cha

cha - Mandarin

Romanization

cha

Nonstandard spelling of chā.
Nonstandard spelling of chá.
Nonstandard spelling of chǎ.
Nonstandard spelling of chà.

Usage notes

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

cha - Manx

Particle

cha

not
- Cha bee'n poosey ayn. ― The marriage will not take place.
- Cha vel blass er. ― It has no taste.

Usage notes

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

Adverb

cha

Alternative form of cho

cha - Maquiritari

Pronunciation

IPA: [t͡ʃa]

Particle

cha

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

cha - Navajo

Pronunciation

IPA: [t͡ʃʰɑ̀]

Noun

cha

crying, weeping

cha - Pacoh

Pronunciation

IPA: [caː]

Verb

cha

to eat

Affixed forms

pacha ("to feed")
tanna ("food")

cha - Pali

Alternative forms

𑀙 (Brahmi script)
छ (Devanagari script)
ছ (Bengali script)
ඡ (Sinhalese script)
ဆ or ꧡ (Burmese script)
ฉ or ฉะ (Thai script)
ᨨ (Tai Tham script)
ຉ or ຉະ (Lao script)
ឆ (Khmer script)
𑄍 (Chakma script)

Numeral

cha

Declension

Optionally indeclinable.

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	cha
Accusative (second)	cha
Instrumental (third)	chahi
Dative (fourth)	channaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	chahi
Genitive (sixth)	channaṃ
Locative (seventh)	chasu

cha - Pipil

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa/

Verb

-cha

Clipping of -chiwa.

cha - Romansch

Conjunction

cha

(Puter, Vallader) that

Alternative forms

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

Pronoun

cha

(Puter, Vallader) who, whom

Alternative forms

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

cha - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA: /xa/
Hyphenation: cha

Particle

cha

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.

Usage notes

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.

Verb

cha

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.

Usage notes

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.

Inflection

		singular			plural
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	present	is mi	is tu	is e/i	is sinn	is sibh	is iad
	past	bu mhi	bu tu	b' e/i	bu sinn	bu sibh	b' iad
	conditional	bu mhi	bu tu	b' e/i	bu sinn	bu sibh	b' iad
negative	present	cha mhi	cha tu	chan e/i	cha sinn	cha sibh	chan iad
	past	cha bu mhi	cha bu tu	cha b' e/i	cha bu sinn	cha bu sibh	cha b' iad
	conditional	cha bu mhi	cha bu tu	cha b' e/i	cha bu sinn	cha bu sibh	cha b' iad
affirmative interrogative	present	am mi?	an tu?	an e/i?	an sinn?	an sibh?	an iad?
	past	am bu mhi?	am bu tu?	am b' e/i?	am bu sinn?	am bu sibh?	am b' iad?
	conditional	am bu mhi?	am bu tu?	am b' e/i?	am bu sinn?	am bu sibh?	am b' iad?
Negative interrogative	present	nach mi?	nach tu?	nach e/i?	nach sinn?	nach sibh?	nach iad?
	past	nach bu mhi?	nach bu tu?	nach b' e/i?	nach bu sinn?	nach bu sibh?	nach b' iad?
	conditional	nach bu mhi?	nach bu tu?	nach b' e/i?	nach bu sinn?	nach bu sibh?	nach b' iad?

cha - Spanish

Alternative forms

chá

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃa]
Syllabification: cha

Noun

cha m (plural chas)

(Philippines, historical) tea
- Synonym: té

cha - Swahili

Verb

-cha (infinitive kucha)

to dawn, (of the sun) to rise
- Antonym: -chwa
to fear, be afraid

Usage notes

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -cha

Positive present	-nakucha
Subjunctive	-che
Negative	-chi
Imperative singular	kucha

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakucha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninakucha/nakucha	tunakucha
2nd person		unakucha	mnakucha
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	anakucha	wanakucha
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nakucha

Negative present (negative subject concord + -chi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sichi	hatuchi
2nd person		huchi	hamchi
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	hachi	hawachi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -chi

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -che)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		niche	tuche
2nd person		uche	mche
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	ache	wache
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -che

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -siche
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngekucha
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singekucha
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalikucha
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalikucha

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -acha)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nacha	twacha
2nd person		wacha	mwacha
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	acha	wacha
	m-mi(III/IV)	wacha	yacha
	ji-ma(V/VI)	lacha	yacha
	ki-vi(VII/VIII)	chacha	vyacha
	n(IX/X)	yacha	zacha
	u(XI)	wacha	see n(X)* or ma(VI) class*
	ku(XV/XVII)	kwacha
	pa(XVI)	pacha
	mu(XVIII)	mwacha

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mekucha
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshakucha
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jacha
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kicha
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipokucha
Consecutive	kacha / positive subject concord + -kacha
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kache

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nicha	-tucha
2nd person		-kucha	-wacha/-kucheni/-wacheni
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	-mcha	-wacha
	m-mi(III/IV)	-ucha	-icha
	ji-ma(V/VI)	-licha	-yacha
	ki-vi(VII/VIII)	-kicha	-vicha
	n(IX/X)	-icha	-zicha
	u(XI)	-ucha	see n(X)* or ma(VI) class*
	ku(XV/XVII)	-kucha
	pa(XVI)	-pacha
	mu(XVIII)	-mucha
Reflexive		-jicha

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -cha- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa(I/II)	-chaye	-chao
m-mi(III/IV)	-chao	-chayo
ji-ma(V/VI)	-chalo	-chayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII)	-chacho	-chavyo
n(IX/X)	-chayo	-chazo
u(XI)	-chao	see n(X)* or ma(VI) class*
ku(XV/XVII)	-chako
pa(XVI)	-chapo
mu(XVIII)	-chamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kucha)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa(I/II)	-yekucha	-okucha
m-mi(III/IV)	-okucha	-yokucha
ji-ma(V/VI)	-lokucha	-yokucha
ki-vi(VII/VIII)	-chokucha	-vyokucha
n(IX/X)	-yokucha	-zokucha
u(XI)	-okucha	see n(X)* or ma(VI) class*
ku(XV/XVII)	-kokucha
pa(XVI)	-pokucha
mu(XVIII)	-mokucha

Derived terms

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

Nominal derivations:
- mcha

Particle

cha

Ki class inflected form of -a.

Usage notes

The particle follows class 7 nouns to form a genitival relation of a noun that follows it, often corresponding to of in English:
- kitabu cha mtoto ― child's book (literally, “book of child”)
- kiini cha yai ― egg yolk (literally, “center of egg”)

cha - Swazi

Interjection

cha

cha - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA: [t͡ɕaː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [caː˧˧]

Noun

cha • (乍, 吒, 𤕔)

(dated or literary or Catholicism) a father
(Southern Vietnam, humorous) a dude
- Synonyms: bố, cha nội
- Thôi dẹp đi cha!
  - Stop it, dude!

Pronoun

cha

(dated or literary) I/me, your father
(dated or literary) you, my father
(Catholicism) you, father

Derived terms

cha - Welsh

Verb

cha

Aspirate mutation of ca.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ca	ga	ngha	cha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

cha - Western Apache

Pronunciation

IPA: [tʃa]

Noun

cha

beaver

cha - Zacatepec Chatino

Adjective

cha

sharp

cha - Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA: /ǀʰá/

Interjection

cha

no
- Synonym: qha