From Latin plēnus, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
chea f (plural cheas)
- flood
'1697, several authors, Fiestas Minervales, Santiago: Antonio Frayz, page 32:Desde o Thamassis frolido / Ó Nilo das grandes cheas
- From the flowery Thames / Till the Nile of the large floods
- feast, binge
- (figurative) large quantity of something (usually used followed by the preposition de)
chea f sg
- feminine singular of cheo
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
chea
- to win
Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Hyphenation: chè‧a
chea m (invariable)
- kea (Nestor notabilis)
- Hypernym: nestore
- Coordinate term: caca
- chea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
-chea (infinitive kuchea)
- Applicative form of -cha
Conjugation of -chea
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Positive present
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-nachea
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Subjunctive
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-chee
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Negative
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-chei
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Imperative singular
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chea
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huchea
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lichea
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuchea
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachea)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninachea/nachea
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tunachea
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2nd person
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unachea
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mnachea
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anachea
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wanachea
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nachea
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -chei)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sichei
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hatuchei
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2nd person
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huchei
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hamchei
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hachei
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hawachei
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -chei
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tachea
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tachea
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chee)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nichee
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tuchee
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2nd person
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uchee
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mchee
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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achee
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wachee
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -chee
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sichee
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngechea
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singechea
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalichea
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalichea
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mechea
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshachea
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jachea
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kichea
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipochea
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Consecutive
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kachea / positive subject concord + -kachea
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kachee
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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