-cha

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cha"

English

Alternative forms

• -choo
• -chu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʃ(j)ə/, /tʃ(j)æ/

Pronoun

-cha (clitic)

1. (informal, used only after a /t/ sound) Alternative form of ya (“you”).
   • 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Reize), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch:

     Baz: 'BAD NEWS, BUD. I NEVER WANTED TO FIGHTCHA, BUT IF WE WANT OUT, WE GOTTA SCRAP! YOU 'N ME, MANO A MANO.'

Usage notes

• Sometimes written as a separate word (cha).

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -cha

aincha

ain'tcha

backatcha

betcha

cantcha

dincha

dontcha

fightcha

getcha

gotcha

letcha

lookatcha

meetcha

shootcha

wantcha

whatcha

whyncha

witcha

withoutcha

wontcha

Related terms

• -ja

Anagrams

• ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

Navajo

Stem

-cha

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous		-CHA (cry)
Continuative	-CHA (cry)	-CHA (cry)			-CHA (cry)

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-xa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: -cha

Suffix

-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

Feminine:

Declension of -cha

	singular	plural
nominative	-cha	-chy
genitive	-chy	-ch
dative	-sze	-chom
accusative	-chę	-chy
instrumental	-chą	-chami
locative	-sze	-chach
vocative	-cho	-chy

Masculine:

Declension of -cha

	singular	plural
nominative	-cha	-chy
genitive	-chy	-chów / -ch
dative	-sze	-chom
accusative	-chę	-chów / -ch
instrumental	-chą	-chami
locative	-sze	-chach
vocative	-cho	-chy

Masculine surnames:

Declension of -cha

	singular	plural
nominative	-cha	-chowie
genitive	-chy	-chów
dative	-sze	-chom
accusative	-chę	-chów
instrumental	-chą	-chami
locative	-sze	-chach
vocative	-cho	-chowie

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -cha

brocha

czacha

czerepecha

decha

dziargolicha

flacha

gocha

Gocha

gorycha

gospocha

granicha

grucha

jacha

jałocha

jarmolicha

kapucha

kicha

kiełbacha

klecha

klucha

kmocha

krecha

lacha

łacha

łycha

macha

marycha

Marycha

micha

mycha

parobczycha

piącha

Pietrucha

pietrucha

plecha

Połocha

pucha

radocha

Sacha

skucha

spucha

stulicha

swacha

szewczycha

szycha

Teocha

wężycha

wiącha

wiocha

wynocha

zagrycha

zębolicha

zwiecha

See also

• -ch
• -och
• -uch

Further reading

• “-cha”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Stankiewicz, Edward (1986), The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity‎^[2], pages 259-263

Quechua

Alternative forms

• -ch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa/

Suffix

-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”)

3. Indicates conjecture.

   Paqarincha chayamunqa. She might arrive tomorrow.

See also

• -chá
• -chi

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	—
	Yangi Imlo	ـچا
Cyrillic		-ча
Latin		-cha

Etymology

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

Suffix

-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

Uzbek terms suffixed with -cha

aksincha

arabcha

boshqirdcha

forscha

fransuzcha

gujarotcha

ispancha

italyancha

inglizcha

niderlandcha

ozarbayjoncha

panjobcha

qoraqalpoqcha

ruscha

suryoniycha

xitoycha

yaponcha

oʻzbekcha

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-cha
Brazilian standard	-cha
New Tribes	-cha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-t͡ʃa]

Suffix

-cha

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