Meanings
pronoun-cha (clitic)
alternative -choo · alternative -chu
- alternativecliticinformalAlternative form of ya (“you”).
Baz: 'BAD NEWS, BUD. I NEVER WANTED TO FIGHTCHA, BUT IF WE WANT OUT, WE GOTTA SCRAP! YOU 'N ME, MANO A MANO.'
2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Reize), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch
Origin
From an unstressed you (/jə/) after a word ending in /t/; the unstressed sequence /tj/ coalesces into /tʃ/ ⟨ch⟩ in many accents. Compare didja.
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APA
-cha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cha
MLA
“-cha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cha. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-cha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cha.
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