cha

• IPA^(key): /tʃɑː/

From Chinese 茶 (chá), 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 led 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. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.

cha (uncountable)

1. tea, sometimes (dialectal) specifically masala chai

   Would you like a cup of cha?

• tea

• chai
• char

Eye dialect spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.

cha

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) You.
   • 1976, Flying Magazine, page 34

     You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can't cha?

   • 2005, “Don't Cha”, performed by Pussycat Dolls:

     Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?

   • 2008, Barbara L. Jent, The Weddin' Day, Barbara Jent →ISBN, page 157

     “You'll be ridin' with us, won't cha, Josh?”

• dincha
• doncha
• gotcha

From cha-cha (q.v.)

cha

1. (dancing) Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances

   One–two–cha–cha–cha
   Three–four–cha–cha–cha

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).

cha (plural chas or cha)

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

• ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

• cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, choo, chéeme

From Old High German kweman, chuman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognate with German kommen, Dutch komen, English come, Icelandic koma, Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman).

cha

1. (Uri) to come

• ubercha

• “cha” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 86.

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

• IPA^(key): /xa/

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.

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.

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

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

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

cha

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of チャ

cha

1. tea

cha

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

• 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.

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

cha

1. not

   Cha bee'n poosey ayn. ― The marriage will not take place.

   Cha vel blass er. ― It has no taste.

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

cha

1. Alternative form of cho

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

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑ̀]

cha

1. crying, weeping

cha

1. (cardinal) six

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa/

-cha

1. Clipping of -chiwa.

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) that

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

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) who, whom

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

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

• IPA^(key): /xa/

cha

1. not

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

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

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

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

-cha (infinitive kucha)

1. to dawn, (of the sun) to rise

   Antonym: -chwa

2. to fear, be afraid

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.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -chea
  • Passive: -chewa

cha

1. Ki class inflected form of -a.

1. 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

1. no

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

cha (乍, 吒, 𤕔)

1. (dated or literary or Catholicism) a father
2. (Southern Vietnam, humorous) a dude

   Synonym: bố

   Thôi dẹp đi cha!

   Oh puh-lease, stop it, dude!

cha

1. (dated or literary) I/me, your father
2. (dated or literary) you, my father
3. (Catholicism) you, father

• cha nội
• thằng cha

• chả
• ba
• bọ
• bố
• cậu
• thầy
• tía

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

cha

1. Aspirate mutation of ca.

• IPA^(key): [tʃa]

cha

1. beaver

• IPA^(key): /ǀʰá/

cha

1. no

   Synonym: qha

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “cha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “cha (2)”