acha

See also: achá, āchà, and -acha

English

Etymology

From Hausa acca

Noun

acha (uncountable)

  1. fonio, esp. Digitaria exilis (white fonio) (a cereal cultivated in western Africa)

Synonyms

fonio

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

achas

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese acha (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *ascla, from Latin assula. Cognate with Portuguese acha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat͡ʃa/

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

  1. chip, sliver, splinter
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 613:
      Et alí ueeriades muytos ferros de muytas lanças agudas entrar per peytos et per adágaras et per uentres, et muytas lanças caer en achas et en tranções, et muytos escudos quebrantados, et moytas lorigas rrotas et desmalladas, et muytas espadas banadas en sange
      And you would have seen there many irons and many spears to enter in breasts and shields and bellies, and many spears to fell broken in chips and splinters, and many shields smashed down, and many coats broken and unmailed, and many swords bathed in blood
    • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:
      A acha tira pra racha (proverb)
      a chip off the old block
    Synonyms: cavaco, estela, racho
  2. billet (piece of wood used as firewood)
    Synonym: racha

References

  • “acha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “acha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “acha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “acha” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “acha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.ʃɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ʃa/, /ˈa.ʃɐ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧cha

Etymology 1

Inflected form of achar (“to find; to think”).

Verb

acha

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of achar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of achar

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese acha, from Vulgar Latin *ascla (“sliver”), from Latin astula.

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

  1. billet (piece of wood used as firewood)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Old Portuguese acha, from Old French hache (“battle-axe”), from Frankish.

Noun

acha f (plural achas)

  1. battle-axe (axe for use in battle)

See also

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dácà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.tʃɑ/

Verb

-acha (infinitive kuacha)

  1. to leave
  2. to cease
  3. to allow

Conjugation

Conjugation of -acha
Non-finite forms
Form Positive Negative
Infinitive kuacha kutoacha
Simple finite forms
Positive form Singular Plural
Imperative acha acheni
Habitual huacha
Complex finite forms
Polarity Persons Persons / Classes Classes
1st 2nd 3rd / M-wa M-mi Ma Ki-vi N U Ku Pa Mu
Sg. Pl. Sg. Pl. Sg. / 1 Pl. / 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 / 14 15 / 17 16 18
Past
Positive niliacha
naliacha		 tuliacha
twaliacha		 uliacha
waliacha		 mliacha
mwaliacha		 aliacha waliacha uliacha iliacha liliacha yaliacha kiliacha viliacha iliacha ziliacha uliacha kuliacha paliacha muliacha
Relative nilioacha
nalioacha		 tulioacha
twalioacha		 ulioacha
walioacha		 mlioacha
mwalioacha		 alioacha walioacha ulioacha ilioacha lilioacha yalioacha kilioacha vilioacha ilioacha zilioacha ulioacha kulioacha palioacha mulioacha
Negative sikuacha hatukuacha hukuacha hamkuacha hakuacha hawakuacha haukuacha haikuacha halikuacha hayakuacha hakikuacha havikuacha haikuacha hazikuacha haukuacha hakukuacha hapakuacha hamukuacha
Present
Positive ninaacha
naacha		 tunaacha unaacha mnaacha anaacha wanaacha unaacha inaacha linaacha yanaacha kinaacha vinaacha inaacha zinaacha unaacha kunaacha panaacha munaacha
Relative ninaoacha
naoacha		 tunaoacha unaoacha mnaoacha anaoacha wanaoacha unaoacha inaoacha linaoacha yanaoacha kinaoacha vinaoacha inaoacha zinaoacha unaoacha kunaoacha panaoacha munaoacha
Negative siachi hatuachi huachi hamachi haachi hawaachi hauachi haiachi haliachi hayaachi hakiachi haviachi haiachi haziachi hauachi hakuachi hapaachi hamuachi
Future
Positive nitaacha tutaacha utaacha mtaacha ataacha wataacha utaacha itaacha litaacha yataacha kitaacha vitaacha itaacha zitaacha utaacha kutaacha pataacha mutaacha
Relative nitakaoacha tutakaoacha utakaoacha mtakaoacha atakaoacha watakaoacha utakaoacha itakaoacha litakaoacha yatakaoacha kitakaoacha vitakaoacha itakaoacha zitakaoacha utakaoacha kutakaoacha patakaoacha mutakaoacha
Negative sitaacha hatutaacha hutaacha hamtaacha hataacha hawataacha hautaacha haitaacha halitaacha hayataacha hakitaacha havitaacha haitaacha hazitaacha hautaacha hakutaacha hapataacha hamutaacha
Subjunctive
Positive niache tuache uache mache aache waache uache iache liache yaache kiache viache iache ziache uache kuache paache muache
Negative nisiache tusiache usiache msiache asiache wasiache usiache isiache lisiache yasiache kisiache visiache isiache zisiache usiache kusiache pasiache musiache
Present Conditional
Positive ningeacha tungeacha ungeacha mngeacha angeacha wangeacha ungeacha ingeacha lingeacha yangeacha kingeacha vingeacha ingeacha zingeacha ungeacha kungeacha pangeacha mungeacha
Negative nisingeacha
singeacha		 tusingeacha
hatungeacha		 usingeacha
hungeacha		 msingeacha
hamngeacha		 asingeacha
hangeacha		 wasingeacha
hawangeacha		 usingeacha
haungeacha		 isingeacha
haingeacha		 lisingeacha
halingeacha		 yasingeacha
hayangeacha		 kisingeacha
hakingeacha		 visingeacha
havingeacha		 isingeacha
haingeacha		 zisingeacha
hazingeacha		 usingeacha
haungeacha		 kusingeacha
hakungeacha		 pasingeacha
hapangeacha		 musingeacha
hamungeacha
Past Conditional
Positive ningaliacha tungaliacha ungaliacha mngaliacha angaliacha wangaliacha ungaliacha ingaliacha lingaliacha yangaliacha kingaliacha vingaliacha ingaliacha zingaliacha ungaliacha kungaliacha pangaliacha mungaliacha
Negative nisingaliacha
singaliacha		 tusingaliacha
hatungaliacha		 usingaliacha
hungaliacha		 msingaliacha
hamngaliacha		 asingaliacha
hangaliacha		 wasingaliacha
hawangaliacha		 usingaliacha
haungaliacha		 isingaliacha
haingaliacha		 lisingaliacha
halingaliacha		 yasingaliacha
hayangaliacha		 kisingaliacha
hakingaliacha		 visingaliacha
havingaliacha		 isingaliacha
haingaliacha		 zisingaliacha
hazingaliacha		 usingaliacha
haungaliacha		 kusingaliacha
hakungaliacha		 pasingaliacha
hapangaliacha		 musingaliacha
hamungaliacha
Conditional Contrary to Fact
Positive ningeliacha tungeliacha ungeliacha mngeliacha angeliacha wangeliacha ungeliacha ingeliacha lingeliacha yangeliacha kingeliacha vingeliacha ingeliacha zingeliacha ungeliacha kungeliacha pangeliacha mungeliacha
General Relative
Positive niachao tuachao uachao machao aachao waachao uachao iachao liachao yaachao kiachao viachao iachao ziachao uachao kuachao paachao muachao
Negative nisioacha tusioacha usioacha msioacha asioacha wasioacha usioacha isioacha lisioacha yasioacha kisioacha visioacha isioacha zisioacha usioacha kusioacha pasioacha musioacha
Gnomic
Positive naacha twaacha waacha mwaacha aacha waacha waacha yaacha laacha yaacha chaacha vyaacha yaacha zaacha waacha kwaacha paacha mwaacha
Perfect
Positive nimeacha tumeacha umeacha mmeacha ameacha wameacha umeacha imeacha limeacha yameacha kimeacha vimeacha imeacha zimeacha umeacha kumeacha pameacha mumeacha
"Already"
Positive nimeshaacha tumeshaacha umeshaacha mmeshaacha ameshaacha wameshaacha umeshaacha imeshaacha limeshaacha yameshaacha kimeshaacha vimeshaacha imeshaacha zimeshaacha umeshaacha kumeshaacha pameshaacha mumeshaacha
"Not yet"
Negative sijaacha hatujaacha hujaacha hamjaacha hajaacha hawajaacha haujaacha haijaacha halijaacha hayajaacha hakijaacha havijaacha haijaacha hazijaacha haujaacha hakujaacha hapajaacha hamujaacha
"If/When"
Positive nikiacha tukiacha ukiacha mkiacha akiacha wakiacha ukiacha ikiacha likiacha yakiacha kikiacha vikiacha ikiacha zikiacha ukiacha kukiacha pakiacha mukiacha
"If not"
Negative nisipoacha tusipoacha usipoacha msipoacha asipoacha wasipoacha usipoacha isipoacha lisipoacha yasipoacha kisipoacha visipoacha isipoacha zisipoacha usipoacha kusipoacha pasipoacha musipoacha
Consecutive
Positive nikaacha tukaacha ukaacha mkaacha akaacha wakaacha ukaacha ikaacha likaacha yakaacha kikaacha vikaacha ikaacha zikaacha ukaacha kukaacha pakaacha mukaacha
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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