wacha

See also: wachą and wącha

Balangao

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /watʃa/
  • IPA(key): /watʃə/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧cha

Pronoun

wacha

  1. there is, it exist, to have
    Antonyms: maid, med

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwat͡ʃa/ [ˈwaː.t͡ʃʌ]
  • Rhymes: -at͡ʃa
  • Syllabification: wa‧cha

Pronoun

wacha

  1. (Pidlisan) alternative form of wada

Synonyms

Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wache.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.xa/
  • Rhymes: -axa
  • Syllabification: wa‧cha

Noun

wacha f

  1. watch, guard duty

Declension

Declension of wacha
singular plural
nominative wacha wachë
genitive wachë wach(ów)
dative wasze wachóm
accusative wachã wachë
instrumental wachą wachama
locative wasze wachach
vocative wacha/wachò wachë

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “straż”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “straż”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • wacha”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.xa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -axa
  • Syllabification: wa‧cha
  • Homophone: waha

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wacha f

  1. (slang) fuel, petrol, gasoline
  2. (prison slang) rain
  3. (obsolete prison slang) water
  4. (sailing) sea or seawater
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Wache.

Noun

wacha f

  1. (archaic, Lviv) watch, guard duty
    Synonyms: (obsolete) stróża, (obsolete) wachta, warta
Declension

Etymology 3

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

Noun

wacha f

  1. wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
    Synonym: solandra
Declension

Further reading

  • wacha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈw̝at͡ʃa/ [ˈw̝a.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -atʃa
  • Syllabification: wa‧cha

Noun

wacha f (plural wachas)

  1. female equivalent of wacho

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wacha

  1. plural of mcha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wacha

  1. imperative singular of -acha