Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chá n (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ch.

Further reading edit

  • chá in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • chá in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician edit

 
A view of the A Terra Chá ("the Flat Country"), Lugo, Galicia

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Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese chãa, from Latin plana.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chá f (plural chás)

  1. plain
  2. mesa; plateau

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

chá f sg

  1. feminine singular of chan

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • chãa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • chãa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • chá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • chá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of chá – see (“early; in advance; soon; long ago; for a long time; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Khiamniungan Naga edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tʃʰa⁵⁵/
  • (file)

Noun edit

chá

  1. (Patsho) foilage; leafage
    Cha nü lütiohva.
    Burn the foliage.

Lashi edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

chá

  1. to need
  2. must

References edit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Macanese edit

 
chá

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Cantonese (caa4), uncertain whether via Portuguese or later lent to Portuguese.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chá

  1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
  2. tea (infusion made with tea leaves)
    chá co sucretea with sugar
    vazâ cháto serve tea
    Dâ unga xicra di chá pa iou
    Bring me a cup of tea
  3. any drink made with an infusion of medicinal plants
    chá di hortelám di sopaspearmint tea
    chá di pêlo-pêinfusion to ward off frights (literally, “hair-feet tea”)
    chá di pesoinfusion to protect against indigestion or stomachache (literally, “tea of weight”)
  4. a late afternoon meal
    chá gordofestive luncheon served in the late afternoon (literally, “fat tea”)

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References edit

Mandarin edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanization edit

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Portuguese edit

 
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chá

Etymology edit

From Cantonese (caa4, tea), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

chá m (plural chás)

  1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis, a bush whose leaves are used to make tea)
  2. (uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing parts of plants)
  3. a late afternoon meal
  4. (slang) any drug made by infusing a substance

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Apalaí: xa
  • Gujarati: ચા ()
  • Hunsrik: Scha
  • Nheengatu: xaa
  • Spanish: cha / chá
  • Tetum:

South Slavey edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰá(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: chá

Noun edit

chá (stem -chá-)

  1. Fort Liard form of tsá

Inflection edit

References edit

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37

Tày edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Chinese (MC kaeH). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣ᩵ᩤ, Lao ຄ່າ (khā), ᦅᦱᧈ (kaa¹), Shan ၵႃႈ (kāa), Thai ค่า (kâa). Compare Vietnamese cả (as in giá cả).

Noun edit

chá ()

  1. price
    chá hángmarket prices
    cúa xằng mí chá
    The products don't have prices yet.
    mác lịch chá cân hả slíp xiên
    The cost for chestnuts will be fifty thousand [dong] per kilo.
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

chá

  1. to ask for something's price
    chá vài lặm cừato ask for the buffalo's price behind the bushes; to buy a product without knowing its price
    chá ngòi kỉ lai chèn
    Ask how much it costs.
  2. to bargain
    chá thứ ngòi
    Try bargaining.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

chá

  1. mount (object on which another object is mounted)
    chá tặt pừn toòngmount for basins
  2. frame
    chá tudoor frame

Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

chá

  1. not firm; weak; flimsy; frail
    nghé cẩu nảy chá lai dá
    This bridge's so weak already.
    nghé tu chá
    The door isn't looking very sturdy.

Etymology 4 edit

Adjective edit

chá

  1. (before nouns, especially noun phrases with words of number) numerous
    chá pác vàto be several arm spans long
    chá pác chá xiênin the hundreds and thousands

Etymology 5 edit

From Chinese (MC kaeX).

Adjective edit

chá ()

  1. fake; not real
    cúa cháfake products
    保真𱽗欣
    Bấu chăn rầư hăn chá
    How can one knows whether it's fake when it's not real?

Etymology 6 edit

Particle edit

chá

  1. (used sentence-finally) that's all; merely; only; just
    bấu khai đảy lẻ au mà chá
    Just pack it home if you can't sell it.

References edit

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội