acha

See also: achá, āchà, and -acha

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English

Etymology

From Hausa acca

Noun

acha (uncountable)

1. fonio, esp. Digitaria exilis (white fonio) (a cereal cultivated in western Africa)

Synonyms

fonio

Further reading

• Digitaria exilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Digitaria exilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• acha at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• Aach

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Galician

achas

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese acha (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ascla, from Latin assula. Cognate with Portuguese acha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃa/

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

1. chip, sliver, splinter
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 613:

     Et alí ueeriades muytos ferros de muytas lanças agudas entrar per peytos et per adágaras et per uentres, et muytas lanças caer en achas et en tranções, et muytos escudos quebrantados, et moytas lorigas rrotas et desmalladas, et muytas espadas banadas en sange

     And you would have seen there many irons and many spears to enter in breasts and shields and bellies, and many spears to fell broken in chips and splinters, and many shields smashed down, and many coats broken and unmailed, and many swords bathed in blood

   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:

     A acha tira pra racha (proverb)

     a chip off the old block

   Synonyms: cavaco, estela, racho

2. billet (piece of wood used as firewood)

   Synonym: racha

Related terms

• estela
• racha
• rachar

References

• “acha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “acha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “acha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “acha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacha, from French hache, from Frankish [Term?].

Noun

acha

1. axe

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 22

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʃɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʃa/, /ˈa.ʃɐ/
• Hyphenation: a‧cha

Etymology 1

Inflected form of achar (“to find; to think”).

Verb

acha

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of achar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of achar

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese acha, from Vulgar Latin *ascla (“sliver”), from Latin astula.

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

1. billet (piece of wood used as firewood)

Synonyms

• cavaco, estilha, lenha

Etymology 3

From Old Portuguese acha, from Old French hache (“battle-axe”), from Frankish.

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

1. battle-axe (axe for use in battle)

See also

• machado

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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dáca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.tʃɑ/

Verb

-acha (infinitive kuacha)

1. to leave
2. to cease
3. to allow

Conjugation

Conjugation of -acha
Non-finite forms
Form					Positive							Negative
Infinitive					kuacha							kutoacha
Simple finite forms
Positive form					Singular							Plural
Imperative					acha							acheni
Habitual					huacha
Complex finite forms
Polarity	Persons				Persons / Classes		Classes
	1st		2nd		3rd / M-wa		M-mi		Ma		Ki-vi		N		U	Ku	Pa	Mu
	Sg.	Pl.	Sg.	Pl.	Sg. / 1	Pl. / 2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 / 14	15 / 17	16	18
Past Positive niliacha naliacha tuliacha twaliacha uliacha waliacha mliacha mwaliacha aliacha waliacha uliacha iliacha liliacha yaliacha kiliacha viliacha iliacha ziliacha uliacha kuliacha paliacha muliacha Relative nilioacha nalioacha tulioacha twalioacha ulioacha walioacha mlioacha mwalioacha alioacha walioacha ulioacha ilioacha lilioacha yalioacha kilioacha vilioacha ilioacha zilioacha ulioacha kulioacha palioacha mulioacha Negative sikuacha hatukuacha hukuacha hamkuacha hakuacha hawakuacha haukuacha haikuacha halikuacha hayakuacha hakikuacha havikuacha haikuacha hazikuacha haukuacha hakukuacha hapakuacha hamukuacha
Present Positive ninaacha naacha tunaacha unaacha mnaacha anaacha wanaacha unaacha inaacha linaacha yanaacha kinaacha vinaacha inaacha zinaacha unaacha kunaacha panaacha munaacha Relative ninaoacha naoacha tunaoacha unaoacha mnaoacha anaoacha wanaoacha unaoacha inaoacha linaoacha yanaoacha kinaoacha vinaoacha inaoacha zinaoacha unaoacha kunaoacha panaoacha munaoacha Negative siachi hatuachi huachi hamachi haachi hawaachi hauachi haiachi haliachi hayaachi hakiachi haviachi haiachi haziachi hauachi hakuachi hapaachi hamuachi
Future Positive nitaacha tutaacha utaacha mtaacha ataacha wataacha utaacha itaacha litaacha yataacha kitaacha vitaacha itaacha zitaacha utaacha kutaacha pataacha mutaacha Relative nitakaoacha tutakaoacha utakaoacha mtakaoacha atakaoacha watakaoacha utakaoacha itakaoacha litakaoacha yatakaoacha kitakaoacha vitakaoacha itakaoacha zitakaoacha utakaoacha kutakaoacha patakaoacha mutakaoacha Negative sitaacha hatutaacha hutaacha hamtaacha hataacha hawataacha hautaacha haitaacha halitaacha hayataacha hakitaacha havitaacha haitaacha hazitaacha hautaacha hakutaacha hapataacha hamutaacha
Subjunctive Positive niache tuache uache mache aache waache uache iache liache yaache kiache viache iache ziache uache kuache paache muache Negative nisiache tusiache usiache msiache asiache wasiache usiache isiache lisiache yasiache kisiache visiache isiache zisiache usiache kusiache pasiache musiache
Present Conditional Positive ningeacha tungeacha ungeacha mngeacha angeacha wangeacha ungeacha ingeacha lingeacha yangeacha kingeacha vingeacha ingeacha zingeacha ungeacha kungeacha pangeacha mungeacha Negative nisingeacha singeacha tusingeacha hatungeacha usingeacha hungeacha msingeacha hamngeacha asingeacha hangeacha wasingeacha hawangeacha usingeacha haungeacha isingeacha haingeacha lisingeacha halingeacha yasingeacha hayangeacha kisingeacha hakingeacha visingeacha havingeacha isingeacha haingeacha zisingeacha hazingeacha usingeacha haungeacha kusingeacha hakungeacha pasingeacha hapangeacha musingeacha hamungeacha
Past Conditional Positive ningaliacha tungaliacha ungaliacha mngaliacha angaliacha wangaliacha ungaliacha ingaliacha lingaliacha yangaliacha kingaliacha vingaliacha ingaliacha zingaliacha ungaliacha kungaliacha pangaliacha mungaliacha Negative nisingaliacha singaliacha tusingaliacha hatungaliacha usingaliacha hungaliacha msingaliacha hamngaliacha asingaliacha hangaliacha wasingaliacha hawangaliacha usingaliacha haungaliacha isingaliacha haingaliacha lisingaliacha halingaliacha yasingaliacha hayangaliacha kisingaliacha hakingaliacha visingaliacha havingaliacha isingaliacha haingaliacha zisingaliacha hazingaliacha usingaliacha haungaliacha kusingaliacha hakungaliacha pasingaliacha hapangaliacha musingaliacha hamungaliacha
Conditional Contrary to Fact Positive ningeliacha tungeliacha ungeliacha mngeliacha angeliacha wangeliacha ungeliacha ingeliacha lingeliacha yangeliacha kingeliacha vingeliacha ingeliacha zingeliacha ungeliacha kungeliacha pangeliacha mungeliacha
General Relative Positive niachao tuachao uachao machao aachao waachao uachao iachao liachao yaachao kiachao viachao iachao ziachao uachao kuachao paachao muachao Negative nisioacha tusioacha usioacha msioacha asioacha wasioacha usioacha isioacha lisioacha yasioacha kisioacha visioacha isioacha zisioacha usioacha kusioacha pasioacha musioacha
Gnomic Positive naacha twaacha waacha mwaacha aacha waacha waacha yaacha laacha yaacha chaacha vyaacha yaacha zaacha waacha kwaacha paacha mwaacha
Perfect Positive nimeacha tumeacha umeacha mmeacha ameacha wameacha umeacha imeacha limeacha yameacha kimeacha vimeacha imeacha zimeacha umeacha kumeacha pameacha mumeacha
"Already" Positive nimeshaacha tumeshaacha umeshaacha mmeshaacha ameshaacha wameshaacha umeshaacha imeshaacha limeshaacha yameshaacha kimeshaacha vimeshaacha imeshaacha zimeshaacha umeshaacha kumeshaacha pameshaacha mumeshaacha
"Not yet" Negative sijaacha hatujaacha hujaacha hamjaacha hajaacha hawajaacha haujaacha haijaacha halijaacha hayajaacha hakijaacha havijaacha haijaacha hazijaacha haujaacha hakujaacha hapajaacha hamujaacha
"If/When" Positive nikiacha tukiacha ukiacha mkiacha akiacha wakiacha ukiacha ikiacha likiacha yakiacha kikiacha vikiacha ikiacha zikiacha ukiacha kukiacha pakiacha mukiacha
"If not" Negative nisipoacha tusipoacha usipoacha msipoacha asipoacha wasipoacha usipoacha isipoacha lisipoacha yasipoacha kisipoacha visipoacha isipoacha zisipoacha usipoacha kusipoacha pasipoacha musipoacha
Consecutive Positive nikaacha tukaacha ukaacha mkaacha akaacha wakaacha ukaacha ikaacha likaacha yakaacha kikaacha vikaacha ikaacha zikaacha ukaacha kukaacha pakaacha mukaacha
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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Western Apache

Noun

acha

1. axe

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Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hacha, from French hache, from Frankish [Term?].

Noun

acha

1. axe

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[2], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22