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See also: cha-cha and cha cha

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a).

A Georgian woman holding chacha (beverage)

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

From Hindi चाचा (cācā).

Noun

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

Noun

chacha

  1. man, husband

References

  • "chacha" in Diccionario Aymara-Español

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Wastek tsatsa'.

Pronunciation

Noun

chacha

  1. pitahaya.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chacha m (plural chachas)

  1. (Louisiana, Cajun) squash

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi चाचा (cācā).

Pronunciation

Noun

chacha

  1. uncle
    Synonyms: mama, tonton

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃa/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -atʃa
  • Syllabification: cha‧cha

Etymology 1

Shortened form of muchacha.

Noun

chacha f (plural chachas)

  1. female equivalent of chacho (“kid”)

Noun

chacha f (plural chachas)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

chacha f (plural chachas)

  1. (in the plural, Honduras) handcuffs

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chacha

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

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-chacha (infinitive kuchacha)

  1. to ferment, turn sour

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chacha
Positive present -nachacha
Subjunctive -chache
Negative -chachi
Imperative singular chacha
Infinitives
Positive kuchacha
Negative kutochacha
Imperatives
Singular chacha
Plural chacheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchacha
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichacha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchacha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachacha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachacha/nachacha tunachacha
2nd person unachacha mnachacha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachacha wanachacha
other classes positive subject concord + -nachacha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chachi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichachi hatuchachi
2nd person huchachi hamchachi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachachi hawachachi
other classes negative subject concord + -chachi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachacha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachacha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chache)
Singular Plural
1st person nichache tuchache
2nd person uchache mchache
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achache wachache
other classes positive subject concord + -chache
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichache
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechacha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechacha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichacha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichacha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achacha)
Singular Plural
1st person nachacha twachacha
2nd person wachacha mwachacha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achacha wachacha
m-mi(III/IV) wachacha yachacha
ji-ma(V/VI) lachacha yachacha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachacha vyachacha
n(IX/X) yachacha zachacha
u(XI) wachacha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachacha
pa(XVI) pachacha
mu(XVIII) mwachacha
Perfect positive 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
Consecutive kachacha / positive subject concord + -kachacha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachache
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichacha -tuchacha
2nd person -kuchacha -wachacha/-kuchacheni/-wachacheni
3rd person m-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) -uchacha see 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)
Singular Plural
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) -chachao see 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)
Singular Plural
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) -ochacha see 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

Verb

-chacha

  1. to loosen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

chacha

  1. Aspirate mutation of cacha.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cacha gacha nghacha chacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Wastek tsatsa'.

Pronunciation

Noun

chacha

  1. pitahaya

References

  • 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

Verb

-chacha

  1. to recover

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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