cha

See also: CHA, chá, chà, chā, chả, chǎ, -cha, and -chá

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʃɑː/

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 茶, 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 lead 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.

Noun

cha ‎(uncountable)

1. tea

   Would you like a cup of cha?‎

Synonyms

• tea

Related terms

• chai
• char

Etymology 2

Eye dialect spelling of you.

Pronoun

cha

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) You.

Derived terms

• dincha
• doncha

Etymology 3

Particle

cha

1. Component of the set phrase cha-cha, also spelled cha cha cha and other variants.

Anagrams

• ach, cah, HAC

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa/

Particle

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.

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.

Related terms

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

Synonyms

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

References

• "cha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “nícon” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Japanese

Romanization

cha

1. rōmaji reading of ちゃ
2. rōmaji reading of チャ

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Kapampangan

Noun

cha

1. tea

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Mandarin

Romanization

cha

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

Usage notes

• 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.

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Manx

Etymology 1

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

Particle

cha

1. 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.

Etymology 2

Adverb

cha

1. Alternative form of cho

References

• “nícon” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑ̀]

Noun

cha

1. crying, weeping

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Pali

Pali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : cha     Ordinal : chaṭṭha

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• छ (Devanagari script)
• ඡ (Sinhalese script)
• ဆ (Burmese script)
• ឆ (Khmer script)
• ฉ (Thai script)

Numeral

cha

1. (cardinal) six

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Pipil

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/

Verb

-cha

1. Short for -chiwa.

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Romansch

Conjunction

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) that

Alternative forms

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

Pronoun

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) who, whom

Alternative forms

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa/

Particle

cha

1. not

   Cha robh bean aig Iain.‎ ― Iain didn't have a wife.

   Cha toigh leam càise.‎ ― I don't like cheese.

Usage notes

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

References

• “nícon” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Swahili

Particle

cha

1. Ki class inflected form of -a.

Usage notes

1. The particle follows class 7 nouns to form a genitival relation of a noun that follows it, often corresponding to of or 's:

   kitabu cha mtoto‎ ― child's book

   kiini cha yai‎ ― egg yolk (lit. center of egg)

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ṯɕaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ṯɕaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [c̻aː˧˥]

Noun

cha ‎(乍, 吒, 𤕔)

1. (dated, literary) father; dad
2. (Catholic) father, Catholic priest

Derived terms

• cha nội
• thằng cha

See also

• ba
• bọ
• bố
• cậu
• thầy
• tía

External links

• "cha" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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Welsh

Verb

cha

1. 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.