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-cha

UK/tʃ(j)ə/

-cha is the alternative form of ya.

Meaning of ya

Interjection

  1. (informal) Yeah; yes.

See all 7 meanings of ya

Forms of -cha

alternative form-choo
alternative form-chu

Origin of -cha

From an unstressed you (/jə/) after a word ending in /t/; the unstressed sequence /tj/ coalesces into /tʃ/ ⟨ch⟩ in many accents. Compare didja.

Questions about -cha

What is -cha the alternative form of?
-cha is the alternative form of ya.
How do you pronounce -cha?
-cha is pronounced /tʃ(j)ə/ (UK).

Words near -cha in the dictionary

  1. -ceptor
  2. -cercous
  3. -ces
  4. -cest
  5. -cester
  6. -cha
  7. -chan
  8. -chezia
  9. -chology
  10. -choo
  11. -chore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -cha (page history and authors); ya (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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