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Bavarian
- kochn (East Central Bavarian)
Etymology
From Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”), from Late Latin cocō, from Classical Latin coquō. Cognates include Yiddish קאָכן (kokhn), German kochen, Dutch koken, English cook.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈko̞ːxɐ/
- Hyphenation: kochn
Verb
kocha (past participle kocht) (West Central Bavarian)
- (transitive or intransitive, of a person) to cook, to prepare food (chiefly hot food for lunch or supper)
- Er kånn ned kocha. ― He can't cook.
- Heid koch ma Knedln z'Mittåg . ― Today we're cooking dumplings for dinner.
- (intransitive, of food) to cook, to boil
- De Knedln kocha scho. ― The dumplings are already cooking.
- to boil
- (transitive) (to heat a liquid until it boils)
- (intransitive, of a liquid) (to reach the boiling point)
Usage notes
- Intransitive kocha can be used for all sorts of food preparation that require at least some amount of work and effort. However, there is a strong tendency to use the verb only for the preparation of a proper dinner, be it lunch or supper. Hence, the preparation of, say, schnitzel for dinner is kocha, even though the food is fried. Contrarily, the preparation of breakfast is only rarely called kocha even if eggs are boiled in the process.
- Transitive kocha can generally be used only for actual boiling. Hence, a Steak kocha (“to cook a steak”) would be understood solely as dropping a steak into a pot of boiling water.
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Cornish
Noun
kocha m (plural kochys)
- carriage
Japanese
Romanization
kocha
- Rōmaji transcription of こちゃ
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.xa/
- Rhymes: -ɔxa
- Syllabification: ko‧cha
Verb
kocha
- third-person singular present of kochać
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English coach.
Pronunciation
Noun
kocha (ma class, plural makocha)
- coach (trainer)