wacha

See also: wachą and wącha

Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wache.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaxa/
  • Syllabification: wa‧cha

Noun

wacha f

  1. watch, guard duty

Declension
Declension of wacha
singular plural
nominative wacha wachë
genitive wachë wach(ów)
dative wasze wachóm
accusative wachã wachë
instrumental wachą wachama
locative wasze wachach
vocative wacha/wachò wachë

Further reading
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “straż”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • “wacha”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wacha f

  1. (slang) fuel, petrol, gasoline
  2. (prison slang) rain
  3. (obsolete prison slang) water
  4. (sailing) sea or seawater
Declension
Declension of wacha
singular
nominative wacha
genitive wachy
dative wasze
accusative wachę
instrumental wachą
locative wasze
vocative wacho

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Wache.

Noun

wacha f

  1. (archaic, Lviv) watch, guard duty
    Synonyms: (obsolete) stróża, (obsolete) wachta, warta
Declension
Declension of wacha
singular plural
nominative wacha wachy
genitive wachy wach
dative wasze wachom
accusative wachę wachy
instrumental wachą wachami
locative wasze wachach
vocative wacho wachy
nouns

Etymology 3

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

Noun

wacha f

  1. wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
    Synonym: solandra
Declension
Declension of wacha
singular plural
nominative wacha wachy
genitive wachy wach
dative wasze wachom
accusative wachę wachy
instrumental wachą wachami
locative wasze wachach
vocative wacho wachy

Further reading
  • wacha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

wacha f (plural wachas)

  1. female equivalent of wacho

Swahili

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wacha

  1. plural of mcha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wacha

  1. imperative singular of -acha
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