different between cha vs chap

English

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindi ?? (c?) / Urdu ??? (c?) (a variant of the same root, from Persian ???, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from ? /t?s???²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/

Noun

cha (uncountable)

1. tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai

Synonyms

• tea

Related terms

• chai
• char

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/

Pronoun

cha

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) You.
   • 1976, Flying Magazine, page 34

     You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can't cha?

   • 2008, Barbara L. Jent, The Weddin' Day, Barbara Jent ?ISBN, page 157

     “You'll be ridin' with us, won't cha, Josh?”

Derived terms

• dincha
• doncha
• gotcha

Etymology 3

From cha-cha (q.v.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/

Particle

cha

1. (dancing) Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances

Etymology 4

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean ? (ja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???/

Noun

cha (plural chas or cha)

1. (Korean units of measure) Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

Anagrams

• ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, choo, chéeme

Etymology

From Old High German kweman, chuman, from Proto-Germanic *kweman?. Cognate with German kommen, Dutch komen, English come, Icelandic koma, Gothic ???????????????????? (qiman).

Verb

cha

1. (Uri) to come

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ubercha

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

Atong (India)

Alternative forms

• char

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (c?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??a/

Numeral

cha (Bengali script ??)

1. four

Synonyms

• byryi
• por

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 3.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish níco(n), noco(n), nocho(n), nocha(n), from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa/

Particle

cha (Triggers lenition of b, c, f, g, m, p, s. Triggers eclipsis of d, t.)

1. (Ulster) not

Usage notes

Used only in some varieties of Ulster Irish. Not used with the future tense; a future meaning can be conveyed by using it with the present tense.

Synonyms

• ní (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)

Related terms

• chan (used before vowel sounds)
• char (used before the past tense)

References

• "cha" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Japanese

Romanization

cha

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Chinese ?, highly likely via Cantonese caa⁴ rather than Hokkien tê.

Noun

cha

1. tea

Mandarin

Romanization

cha

1. Nonstandard spelling of ch?.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ch?.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chà.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish níco(n), noco(n), nocho(n), nocha(n), from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con. Compare Irish ní, cha, Scottish Gaelic cha

Particle

cha

1. not

Usage notes

• Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
• Becomes chan before a vowel.

Etymology 2

Adverb

cha

1. Alternative form of cho

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?????]

Noun

cha

1. crying, weeping

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *???? (*cha), from Sanskrit *????? (*?vá?). See Sanskrit ??? (?a?) for further etymology.

Numeral

cha

1. six

Declension

Optionally indeclinable.

References

“cha”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Pipil

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?t??a/

Verb

-cha

1. Clipping of -chiwa.

Romansch

Etymology

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

Conjunction

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) that

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) che
• (Sutsilvan) ca, c'
• (Surmiran) tgi

Pronoun

cha

1. (Puter, Vallader) who, whom

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) che
• (Sutsilvan) tge
• (Surmiran) tgi

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish níco(n), noco(n), nocho(n), nocha(n), from Old Irish nícon, nacon, from ní con.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa/

Particle

cha

1. not

Usage notes

• Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
• Becomes chan before a vowel.

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nícon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-cha (infinitive kucha)

1. to dawn, (of the sun) to rise

   Antonym: -chwa

2. to fear, be afraid

Usage notes

In Standard Swahili, the sense "to fear" is used of reverential fear, generally fearing God. However, in the Mombasa dialect, it is used as a synonym of -ogopa.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -chea
  • Passive: -chewa

Particle

cha

1. Ki class inflected form of -a.

Usage notes

1. The particle follows class 7 nouns to form a genitival relation of a noun that follows it, often corresponding to of in English:

Swazi

Interjection

cha

1. no

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Limchowese ? (zaa1, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [t??a???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [t??a???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ca???]

Noun

cha • (?, ?, ????)

1. (dated or literary or Catholicism) a father
2. (Southern Vietnam, humorous) a dude

   Synonyms: b?, cha n?i

Pronoun

cha

1. (dated or literary) I/me, your father
2. (dated or literary) you, my father
3. (Catholicism) you, father

Derived terms

See also

• ch?
• ba
• b?
• b?
• c?u
• th?y
• tía

Further reading

• "cha" in H? Ng?c ??c, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Welsh

Verb

cha

1. Aspirate mutation of ca.

Mutation

Western Apache

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?a]

Noun

cha

1. beaver

Zacatepec Chatino

Adjective

cha

1. sharp

Zulu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??á/

Interjection

cha

1. no

   Synonym: qha

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “cha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “cha (2)”

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?æp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Shortened from chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th century English.

Noun

chap (plural chaps)

1. (dated outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:man

2. (Britain, dialectal) A customer, a buyer.
   • 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera Act 3

     If you have Blacks of any kind, brought in of late; Mantoes--Velvet Scarfs--Petticoats--Let it be what it will--I am your Chap--for all my Ladies are very fond of Mourning.

3. (Southern US) A child.

Derived terms

• chapess
• chappie
• chappo

Descendants

• Pennsylvania German: Tschaepp (“guy”)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English chappen (“to split open, burst, chap”), of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English choppen (“to chop”), Dutch kappen (“to cut, chop, hack”). Perhaps related to chip.

Verb

chap (third-person singular simple present chaps, present participle chapping, simple past and past participle chapped)

1. (intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
2. (transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
   • 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem

     Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, / Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain.

   • 1591, John Lyly, Endymion

     whose fair face neither the summer's blaze can scorch nor winter's blast chap.

3. (Scotland, Northern England) To strike, knock.
   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 35:

     The door was shut into my class. I had to chap it and then Miss Rankine came and opened it and gived me an angry look […]

Derived terms

• chapped
• chapstick

Translations

Noun

chap (plural chaps)

1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
2. (obsolete) A division; a breach, as in a party.

   • Many clefts and chaps in our council board.

3. (Scotland) A blow; a rap.

Derived terms

• chappy

Etymology 3

From Northern English chafts (“jaws”). Compare also Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”).

Noun

chap (plural chaps)

1. (archaic, often in the plural) The jaw.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest

     This wide-chapp'd rascal—would thou might'st lie drowning / The washing of ten tides!

   • a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, The Song

     His chaps were all besmear'd with crimson blood.
2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

Related terms

• chop

Translations

Etymology 4

Shortening

Noun

chap (plural chaps)

1. (Internet slang) Clipping of chapter (“division of a text”).

See also

• chaps

Anagrams

• CHPA, HCAP, PHAC, Pach

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

chap m (plural chappen, diminutive chappie n)

1. Alternative spelling of sjap.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xap/

Verb

chap

1. second-person singular imperative of chapa?

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ap/

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old English *?eappian, *?ieppan, from Proto-Germanic *kapp-, *kap- (“to chop; cut; split”), like also English chop. The ultimate origin is uncertain; possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppare (“to behead”), from Latin caput (“head”) and influenced by Old French couper (“to strike”).

Akin to Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), Middle Low German koppen (“to cut off, lop, poll”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Danish kappe (“to cut, lop off, poll”), Swedish kapa (“to cut”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *?ippian (attested in for?ippian (“to cut off”)).

Verb

chap

1. (transitive, intransitive) To knock (on) or strike.

References

Semai

Alternative forms

• cap

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cap ~ *caap (“to seize”). Cognate with Old Khmer cap (“to seize, catch”), Kuy ca?p (“to catch, hold”).

Verb

chap

1. to hold
2. to catch; to seize
3. to touch

Synonyms

• (to hold): pegak
• (to touch): lèèw

Derived terms

References