ča

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Cakavian) ca
• (Cokavian) co
• (Čokavian) čo

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čь (“what”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare Štokavian štȍ, štȁ (“what”) (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *čьto).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃâ/

Pronoun

čȁ (Cyrillic spelling ча̏)

1. (Chakavian) what (interrogative)
   • 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):

     Margarita, ča se hiniš,

     ča jur misal ne prominiš?

Synonyms

• (what): kȁj, štȍ, štȁ