chachi

See also: Chachi, chāchí, cháchí, chàchì, and chachí

Romani

Adjective

chachi

1. feminine singular of chacho

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology

chcya (“tortilla”) +‎ chi (“sweet”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa̤˧ t͡ʃi̤˩/

Noun

chachi (plural nchachi)

1. chilaquiles

References

• Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 33

Spanish

Alternative forms

• chanchi

Etymology

Uncertain. Widely believed to be from Caló chachipén / chachipé (“truth”), a language spoken by the Spanish Romani.

Another theory (which is presumably an urban legend) is that the term is derived from the surname of British prime minister Winston Churchill due to the quality of products coming from British-governed Gibraltar.

Adjective

chachi (invariable)

1. (colloquial, Spain) cool, terrific

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:guay

Derived terms

• chachi piruli
• chachi pistachi

 

See also

• cachondeo

Further reading

• “chachi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχaχɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχaːχi/, /ˈχaχi/

Verb

chachi

1. Aspirate mutation of cachi.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cachi	gachi	nghachi	chachi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.