# -cha
## English
### Alternative forms

* -choo
* -chu

### Etymology

From an unstressed you (/jə/) after a word ending in /t/; the unstressed sequence /tj/ coalesces into /tʃ/ ⟨ch⟩ in many accents.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /tʃ(j)ə/, /tʃ(j)æ/

### Pronoun

-cha (clitic)
* (informal, used only after a /t/ sound) Alternative form of ya (“you”)
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    Baz: 'BAD NEWS, BUD. I NEVER WANTED TO FIGHTCHA, BUT IF WE WANT OUT, WE GOTTA SCRAP! YOU 'N ME, MANO A MANO.'

#### Usage notes

* Sometimes written as a separate word (cha).

#### Related terms

* -ja

### Anagrams

* ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

## Navajo
### Stem

-cha
* Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
       Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT MOM -CHA (cry) CON -CHA (cry) -CHA (cry) -CHA (cry)

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-xa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xa/
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-cha
* attached to truncated stems of common nouns to form feminine or masculine nouns, often augmentative or derogatory
    ‎gospodyni + ‎-cha → ‎gospocha
    ‎gorzałka + ‎-cha → ‎gocha
    ‎kiszka + ‎-cha → ‎kicha
    ‎kleryk + ‎-cha → ‎klecha
    ‎kmotra + ‎-cha → ‎kmocha
    ‎kreska + ‎-cha → ‎krecha
    ‎łyżka + ‎-cha → ‎łycha
    ‎misa + ‎-cha → ‎micha
    ‎pietruszka + ‎-cha → ‎pietrucha
    ‎plesz + ‎-cha → ‎plecha
    ‎wiązka + ‎-cha → ‎wiącha
    ‎wioska + ‎-cha → ‎wiocha
    ‎zagryzka + ‎-cha → ‎zagrycha
* attached to truncated stems of given names to form nicknames
    ‎Krystyna + ‎-cha → ‎Krzycha
    ‎Zofia + ‎-cha → ‎Zocha

#### Declension

Feminine:
Masculine:
Masculine surnames:

#### Derived terms
### See also

* -ch
* -och
* -uch

### Further reading

* -cha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity‎, pages 259-263

## Quechua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃa/

### Suffix

-cha
* Factive suffix. Verbalizes nouns (N→V). Expresses that the head noun is being made, built, shaped, turned into, added or removed from something else.
    apu (“chief”) → apuchay (“to turn into a chief ⇒ to honor”)
    pampa (“flat, plains”) → pampachay (“to turn into a plain ⇒ to level, to demolish, to forgive”)
    wasi (“house”) → wasichay (“to build a house”)
    qura (“grass”) → qurachay (“to remove grass ⇒ to weed”)
* Diminutive suffix (N→N). Used to indicate a smaller size or to convey affection.
    allqu (“dog”) → allqucha (“puppy”)
    allqu (“dog”) → allqchay (“my (dear) dog”)

### See also

* -chá
* -chi

## Uzbek
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-če (orientative–prolative suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani -cə, Kazakh -ше (-şe), Turkish -ce.

### Suffix

-cha
* suffix to form adverbs when added to names of ethnic groups or countries
    ‎oʻzbek (“Uzbek”) + ‎-cha → ‎oʻzbekcha (“Uzbek-style”)
    ‎Ozarbayjon (“Azerbaijan”) + ‎-cha → ‎ozarbayjoncha (“Azerbaijani-style”)
* (nominalized adverbs) names the languages of these groups or countries
    Synonym: ... tili
    ‎oʻzbek (“Uzbek”) + ‎-cha → ‎oʻzbekcha (“Uzbek language”)
    ‎Ozarbayjon (“Azerbaijan”) + ‎-cha → ‎ozarbayjoncha (“Azerbaijani language”)

#### Derived terms
## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-t͡ʃa]

### Suffix

-cha
* allomorph of -ta used for stems that end in i