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-cha

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English

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Etymology

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From an unstressed you (/jə/) after a word ending in /t/; the unstressed sequence /tj/ coalesces into /tʃ/ ⟨ch⟩ in many accents.

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Pronoun

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-cha (clitic)

  1. (informal, used only after a /t/ sound) Alternative form of ya (you)

Usage notes

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  • Sometimes written as a separate word (cha).

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Stem

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-cha

  1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -CHA (cry)
CON -CHA (cry)
-CHA (cry)
-CHA (cry)

Polish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-xa.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /xa/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

    Suffix

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    -cha

    1. attached to truncated stems of common nouns to form feminine or masculine nouns, often augmentative or derogatory
      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
    2. attached to truncated stems of given names to form nicknames
      Krystyna + ‎-cha → ‎Krzycha
      Zofia + ‎-cha → ‎Zocha

    Declension

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    Feminine:

    Masculine:

    Masculine surnames:

    Derived terms

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    See also

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    Further reading

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    • -cha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity[1], pages 259-263

    Quechua

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    Pronunciation

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    Suffix

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    -cha

    1. Factive suffix. Verbalizes nouns (N→V). Expresses that the head noun is being made, built, shaped, turned into, added or removed 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)
    2. Diminutive suffix (N→N). Used to indicate a smaller size or to convey affection.
      allqu (dog)allqucha (puppy)
      allqu (dog)allqchay (my (dear) dog)

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    Uzbek

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    Other scripts
    Yangi Imlo ـچا
    Cyrillic -ча
    Latin -cha
    Perso-Arabic
    (Afghanistan)

    Etymology

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    From Proto-Turkic *-če (orientative–prolative suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani -cə, Kazakh -ше (-şe), Turkish -ce.

    Suffix

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    -cha

    1. 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)
    2. (nominalized adverbs) names the languages of these groups or countries
      Synonym: ... tili
      oʻzbek (Uzbek) + ‎-cha → ‎oʻzbekcha (Uzbek language)
      Ozarbayjon (Azerbaijan) + ‎-cha → ‎ozarbayjoncha (Azerbaijani language)

    Derived terms

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    Ye'kwana

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    Variant orthographies
    ALIV -cha
    Brazilian standard -cha
    New Tribes -cha

    Pronunciation

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    Suffix

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    -cha

    1. allomorph of -ta used for stems that end in i