wacha

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See also: wachą and wącha

Kashubian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Wache.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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wacha f

  1. watch, guard duty

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

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wacha f

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

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Borrowed from German Wache.

Noun

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wacha f

  1. (archaic, Lviv) watch, guard duty
    Synonyms: (obsolete) stróża, (obsolete) wachta, warta
Declension
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Etymology 3

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

Noun

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wacha f

  1. wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
    Synonym: solandra
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Further reading

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  • wacha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Noun

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wacha f (plural wachas)

  1. female equivalent of wacho

Swahili

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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wacha

  1. plural of mcha

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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wacha

  1. imperative singular of -acha