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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cha"

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

chá n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

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

Galician

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chãa, from Latin plana.

Pronunciation

Noun

chá f (plural chás)

  1. plain
  2. mesa; plateau

Derived terms

Adjective

chá f sg

  1. feminine singular of chan

Derived terms

References

  • “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

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

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃʰa⁵⁵/
  • Audio (KN)(file)

Noun

chá

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

Lashi

Pronunciation

Verb

chá

  1. to need
  2. must

References

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

Macanese

chá

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chá

  1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
  2. tea (infusion made with tea leaves)
    chá co sucre ― tea with sugar
    vazâ chá ― to 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 sopa ― spearmint tea
    chá di pêlo-pê ― infusion to ward off frights (literally, “hair-feet tea”)
    chá di peso ― infusion to protect against indigestion or stomachache (literally, “tea of weight”)
  4. a late afternoon meal
    chá gordo ― festive luncheon served in the late afternoon (literally, “fat tea”)

See also

References

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Romanization

chá (cha2, Zhuyin ㄔㄚˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茶
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垞
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 察
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嵖
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搽
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 查
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 査
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楁
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槎
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檫
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痄
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碴
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秅
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苳
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茬
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荻
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詧
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鍤／锸
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 锸
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𣱱

Portuguese

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chá

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

Descendants

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

South Slavey

Pronunciation

Noun

chá (stem -chá-)

  1. Fort Liard form of tsá

Inflection

Possessive inflection of chá (-cháá)
singular plural
1st person secháá naxecháá
2nd person necháá
3rd person 1) — gicháá
2) mecháá gocháá
4th person yecháá
reflexive sp. ɂedecháá kedecháá
unsp. decháá
reciprocal — ɂełecháá
indefinite ɂecháá
areal gocháá
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

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

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

chá (價)

  1. price
    dú chá háng ― market 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 per kilo.
Derived terms

Verb

chá

  1. to ask for something's price
    chá vài lặm cừa ― to 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

Noun

chá

  1. mount (object on which another object is mounted)
    chá tặt pừn toòng ― mount for basins
  2. frame
    chá tu ― door frame

Etymology 3

Adjective

chá

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

Etymology 4

Adjective

chá

  1. (before nouns, especially noun phrases with words of number) numerous
    rì chá pác và ― to be several arm spans long
    chá pác chá xiên ― in the hundreds and thousands

Etymology 5

From Chinese 假 (MC kaeX).

Adjective

chá (假)

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

Etymology 6

Particle

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

  • 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]‎ (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]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
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