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Garo
Verb
chaa
- to grow, to germinate (of seeds and plants)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
chaa (n class, plural chaa)
- mojarra (fish in the genus Gerres)
Western Apache
Noun
chaa
- beaver
Xârâcùù
Pronunciation
Numeral
chaa
- one
Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mixtec *tèyé.
Noun
chaa
- man
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate with San Miguel el Grande Mixtec chaā.
Verb
chaa
- (intransitive) come
Etymology 3
Cognate with San Miguel el Grande Mixtec chaa.
Verb
chaa
- (transitive) play (an instrument)
Etymology 4
Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec taa, Chayuco Mixtec tyaa, San Juan Colorado Mixtec tyáá, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec chaa.
Verb
chaa
- (transitive) write
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 3–4