-cha

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tʃ(j)ə/, /tʃ(j)æ/

-cha

1. (informal, used only after a [t] sound) Alternative form of ya (“you”)

• Sometimes written as a separate word (cha).

• -ja

• ACH, CAH, HAC, HCA, ach, cah

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

• IPA^(key): /xa/

-cha

1. 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

2. Attached to truncated stems of given names to form nicknames.

   ‎Krystyna + ‎-cha → ‎Krzycha

   ‎Zofia + ‎-cha → ‎Zocha

Feminine:

Masculine:

Masculine surnames:

• -ch
• -och
• -uch

• Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity‎, pages 259-263

-cha

1. Derivational suffix. To make or become something or someone.

   apu (“chief”) → apuchay (“to honor”)

   pampa (“flat, plains”) → pampachay (“to level, to forgive”)

2. Nominal suffix, diminutive. Used to indicate a smaller size.

   allqu (“dog”) → allqucha (“puppy”)

• -chá
• -chi