# chacha
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a).

#### Noun

chacha (countable and uncountable, plural chachas)
* 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)
* (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)
* (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
* man, husband

### References

* "chacha" in Diccionario Aymara-Español

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Wastek tsatsa'.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaˈt͡ʃa/

### Noun

chacha
* pitahaya.

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃa.ʃa/

### Noun

chacha m (plural chachas)
* (Louisiana, Cajun) squash

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From Hindi चाचा (cācā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʃatʃa/

### Noun

chacha
* uncle
    Synonyms: mama, tonton

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃat͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃa.t͡ʃa]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Syllabification: cha‧cha

### Etymology 1

Shortened form of muchacha.

#### Noun

chacha f (plural chachas)
* female equivalent of chacho (“kid”)

#### Noun

chacha f (plural chachas)
* (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)
* (in the plural, Honduras) handcuffs

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chacha
* inflection of chachar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “chacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-chacha (infinitive kuchacha)
* 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 future | positive subject concord + -tachacha |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tachacha |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

## Swazi
### Verb

-chacha
* to loosen

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈχaχa/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈχaːχa/, /ˈχaχa/

### Verb

chacha
* Aspirate mutation of cacha.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Wastek tsatsa'.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʃatʃa/

### Noun

chacha
* 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
* to recover

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.