cha
Active verb5 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
give out light; radiate or flash (light)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ezaa, Isuama, Izii, Nsa, Owere
- cha Ezaa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- cḣa Isuama
- kcha Izii
- cha Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- cḣa Owere
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Anyanwụ na-acha nke ọma taa.
— The sun is shining brightly today.
Ọkụ ahụ na-acha dị ka kpakpando n'abalị.
— That fire glows like a star at night.
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- chàcut using the hand or a scissors, especially for something that is not thick eg. paper, cloth; give way, especially by moving whole body aside or out
- pìtììdescribes something which is plentiful or falls plentifully Ogè m nà-agbà akwụkwọ ewēpùtàlù m òfu ụnō ūla màkà idēbe ife ōlili. Ị bàta nà ya ogè afù ife ōlili àdị pìtìì When I was getting married, I devoted one room to keeping foods. If you entered it at that time, the food looked very plentiful Akwụ dī n’iru īlo etègo o jìlì cha, kịtāà mkpụlū ya nà- adàsịsị pìtìì pìtìì The palm fruit in the front of the house has been ripe a long time, now the nuts fall pìtìì pìtìì
- mbachapeelings (of yam, etc.) (from -ba-cha peel)
- ba-chapeel; pare (yam, cassava, etc., with knife) (compare -be-cha)
- chachaclean (stronger than -cha)