chacha - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

Table of Contents
Contents English Etymology 1 Etymology 2 Etymology 3 Aymara Noun References Central Huasteca Nahuatl Etymology Pronunciation Noun French Etymology Pronunciation Noun Mauritian Creole Etymology Pronunciation Noun Spanish Pronunciation Etymology 1 Etymology 2 Etymology 3 Further reading Swahili Pronunciation Verb Swazi Verb Welsh Pronunciation Verb Mutation Western Huasteca Nahuatl Etymology Pronunciation Noun References Xhosa Verb

See also: cha-cha and cha cha

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Etymology 1
      • 1.1.1 Noun
        • 1.1.1.1 Translations
    • 1.2 Etymology 2
      • 1.2.1 Noun
        • 1.2.1.1 Usage notes
    • 1.3 Etymology 3
      • 1.3.1 Noun
  • 2 Aymara
    • 2.1 Noun
    • 2.2 References
  • 3 Central Huasteca Nahuatl
    • 3.1 Etymology
    • 3.2 Pronunciation
    • 3.3 Noun
  • 4 French
    • 4.1 Etymology
    • 4.2 Pronunciation
    • 4.3 Noun
  • 5 Mauritian Creole
    • 5.1 Etymology
    • 5.2 Pronunciation
    • 5.3 Noun
  • 6 Spanish
    • 6.1 Pronunciation
    • 6.2 Etymology 1
      • 6.2.1 Noun
      • 6.2.2 Noun
    • 6.3 Etymology 2
      • 6.3.1 Noun
    • 6.4 Etymology 3
      • 6.4.1 Verb
    • 6.5 Further reading
  • 7 Swahili
    • 7.1 Pronunciation
    • 7.2 Verb
      • 7.2.1 Conjugation
  • 8 Swazi
    • 8.1 Verb
      • 8.1.1 Inflection
  • 9 Welsh
    • 9.1 Pronunciation
    • 9.2 Verb
    • 9.3 Mutation
  • 10 Western Huasteca Nahuatl
    • 10.1 Etymology
    • 10.2 Pronunciation
    • 10.3 Noun
    • 10.4 References
  • 11 Xhosa
    • 11.1 Verb
      • 11.1.1 Inflection

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a).

chacha - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2)

Noun

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chacha (countable and uncountable, plural chachas)

  1. A traditional Georgian clear strong liquor distilled from pomace.
    Synonyms: Georgian brandy, Georgian vodka, grape vodka, vine vodka
Translations

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Georgian grape vodka

Etymology 2

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Noun

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chacha (plural chachas)

  1. (music) A type of cylindrical metal rattle, derived from an instrument in the Haitian musical tradition, and used to play rhythm in certain Cuban genres (and in other nearby countries).

    • 2012, Joan Bouza Koster, Growing Artists: Teaching the Arts to Young Children, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 299:

      Display rhythm instruments from other cultures, such as Tibetan singing bowls; carved frog and cricket wood rasps from Indonesia; rain sticks and goat hoof chachas rattles from Bolivia; the telavi from Ghana; and woven shakers from Africa, Brazil, and India.

Usage notes

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There is also an unrelated Cuban genre of music called cha-cha.

Etymology 3

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From Hindi चाचा (cācā).

See Also
Schacha - Wiktionary, the free dictionary[Solved] Which political leader was popularly known as 'Chacha?Chaji – A Formal Tea GatheringPANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Noun

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chacha (plural chachas)

  1. (India) An uncle, especially one's father's younger brother.

    • 1958, The Illustrated Weekly of India:

      "Mama!" shouted Papi running forward, dragging Kaku along with him. Well, you can just imagine the happy scene! […] Looking across the courtyard he caught his chacha's eyes and they smiled and twinkled at him in secret understanding.

    • 2011, Sonia Golani, Corporate Divas, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

      She also admires her chachas—Sajjan's engineering bent of mind, Ratan's financial acumen and Naveen's abilities as a great communicator.

    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chacha.

Aymara

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Noun

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chacha

  1. man, husband

References

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  • "chacha" in Diccionario Aymara-Español

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Wastek tsatsa'.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chacha

  1. pitahaya.

French

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chacham (plural chachas)

  1. (Louisiana, Cajun) squash

Mauritian Creole

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From Hindi चाचा (cācā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chacha

  1. uncle
    Synonyms: mama, tonton

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Shortened form of muchacha.

Noun

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chachaf (plural chachas)

  1. female equivalent of chacho (“kid”)

Noun

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chachaf (plural chachas)

  1. (derogatory) maid; cleaning lady (female servant or cleaner)
    Synonyms: domestica, empleada, empleada doméstica

Etymology 2

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Shortened from chachaguato (“twins”), possibly from Classical Nahuatl chachahuatl, from chacha (“gizzard”) + coatl (“twin”).

Noun

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chachaf (plural chachas)

  1. (in the plural, Honduras) handcuffs

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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chacha

  1. inflection of chachar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-chacha (infinitive kuchacha)

  1. to ferment, turn sour

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -chacha
Positive present-nachacha
Subjunctive-chache
Negative-chachi
Imperative singularchacha
Infinitives
Positivekuchacha
Negativekutochacha
Imperatives
Singularchacha
Pluralchacheni
Tensed forms
Habitualhuchacha
Positive pastpositive subject concord + -lichacha
Negative pastnegative subject concord + -kuchacha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachacha)
SingularPlural
1st personninachacha/nachachatunachacha
2nd personunachachamnachacha
3rd personm-wa(I/II)anachachawanachacha
other classespositive subject concord + -nachacha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chachi)
SingularPlural
1st personsichachihatuchachi
2nd personhuchachihamchachi
3rd personm-wa(I/II)hachachihawachachi
other classesnegative subject concord + -chachi
Positive futurepositive subject concord + -tachacha
Negative futurenegative subject concord + -tachacha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chache)
SingularPlural
1st personnichachetuchache
2nd personuchachemchache
3rd personm-wa(I/II)achachewachache
other classespositive subject concord + -chache
Negative subjunctivepositive subject concord + -sichache
Positive present conditionalpositive subject concord + -ngechacha
Negative present conditionalpositive subject concord + -singechacha
Positive past conditionalpositive subject concord + -ngalichacha
Negative past conditionalpositive subject concord + -singalichacha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achacha)
SingularPlural
1st personnachachatwachacha
2nd personwachachamwachacha
3rd personm-wa(I/II)achachawachacha
m-mi(III/IV)wachachayachacha
ji-ma(V/VI)lachachayachacha
ki-vi(VII/VIII)chachachavyachacha
n(IX/X)yachachazachacha
u(XI)wachachasee n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII)kwachacha
pa(XVI)pachacha
mu(XVIII)mwachacha
Perfectpositive subject concord + -mechacha
"Already"positive subject concord + -meshachacha
"Not yet"negative subject concord + -jachacha
"If/When"positive subject concord + -kichacha
"If not"positive subject concord + -sipochacha
Consecutivekachacha / positive subject concord + -kachacha
Consecutive subjunctivepositive subject concord + -kachache
Object concord (indicative positive)
SingularPlural
1st person-nichacha-tuchacha
2nd person-kuchacha-wachacha/-kuchacheni/-wachacheni
3rd personm-wa(I/II)-mchacha-wachacha
m-mi(III/IV)-uchacha-ichacha
ji-ma(V/VI)-lichacha-yachacha
ki-vi(VII/VIII)-kichacha-vichacha
n(IX/X)-ichacha-zichacha
u(XI)-uchachasee n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII)-kuchacha
pa(XVI)-pachacha
mu(XVIII)-muchacha
Reflexive-jichacha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chacha- + relative marker)
SingularPlural
m-wa(I/II)-chachaye-chachao
m-mi(III/IV)-chachao-chachayo
ji-ma(V/VI)-chachalo-chachayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII)-chachacho-chachavyo
n(IX/X)-chachayo-chachazo
u(XI)-chachaosee n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII)-chachako
pa(XVI)-chachapo
mu(XVIII)-chachamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chacha)
SingularPlural
m-wa(I/II)-yechacha-ochacha
m-mi(III/IV)-ochacha-yochacha
ji-ma(V/VI)-lochacha-yochacha
ki-vi(VII/VIII)-chochacha-vyochacha
n(IX/X)-yochacha-zochacha
u(XI)-ochachasee n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII)-kochacha
pa(XVI)-pochacha
mu(XVIII)-mochacha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swazi

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Verb

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-chacha

  1. to loosen

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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chacha

  1. Aspirate mutation of cacha.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cachagachanghachachacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Wastek tsatsa'.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chacha

  1. pitahaya

References

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  • Van't Hooft, Anuschka (2006); Lengua náhuatl y Cultura de la Huasteca, Coordinación de ciencias sociales y humanidades de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí City, Mexico.

Xhosa

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Verb

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-chacha

  1. to recover

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

chacha - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)
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