-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.

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”)
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     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

Related terms

• -ja

Anagrams

• ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

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

See also

• -ch
• -och
• -uch

Further reading

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

Quechua

Suffix

-cha

1. Derivational suffix. To make or become something or someone.

   apu (“chief”) → apuchay (“to honor”)

   pampa (“flat, plains”) → pampachay (“to level, to forgive”)

2. Nominal suffix, diminutive. Used to indicate a smaller size.

   allqu (“dog”) → allqucha (“puppy”)

See also

• -chá
• -chi

Uzbek

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

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani -cə, Kazakh -ше (-şe), 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

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-t͡ʃa]

Suffix

-cha

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