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From Latin plēnus, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃea̝/

chea f (plural cheas)

1. 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

2. feast, binge
3. (figurative) large quantity of something (usually used followed by the preposition de)

• enchente

chea f sg

1. feminine singular of cheo

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “chea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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

1. to win

Borrowed from English kea, from Māori kea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: chè‧a

chea m (invariable)

1. kea (Nestor notabilis)

   Hypernym: nestore

   Coordinate term: caca

• chea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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-chea (infinitive kuchea)

1. Applicative form of -cha

Conjugation of -chea
Positive present -nachea Subjunctive -chee Negative -chei Imperative singular chea
Infinitives
Positive kuchea Negative kutochea
Imperatives
Singular chea Plural cheeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchea Positive past positive subject concord + -lichea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachea) Singular Plural 1st person ninachea/nachea tunachea 2nd person unachea mnachea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachea wanachea other classes positive subject concord + -nachea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chei) Singular Plural 1st person sichei hatuchei 2nd person huchei hamchei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachei hawachei other classes negative subject concord + -chei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachea Negative future negative subject concord + -tachea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -chee) Singular Plural 1st person nichee tuchee 2nd person uchee mchee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achee wachee other classes positive subject concord + -chee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achea) Singular Plural 1st person nachea twachea 2nd person wachea mwachea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achea wachea m-mi(III/IV) wachea yachea ji-ma(V/VI) lachea yachea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachea vyachea n(IX/X) yachea zachea u(XI) wachea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachea pa(XVI) pachea mu(XVIII) mwachea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochea Consecutive kachea / positive subject concord + -kachea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichea -tuchea 2nd person -kuchea -wachea/-kucheeni/-wacheeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchea -wachea m-mi(III/IV) -uchea -ichea ji-ma(V/VI) -lichea -yachea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichea -vichea n(IX/X) -ichea -zichea u(XI) -uchea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchea pa(XVI) -pachea mu(XVIII) -muchea Reflexive -jichea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -cheaye -cheao m-mi(III/IV) -cheao -cheayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chealo -cheayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cheacho -cheavyo n(IX/X) -cheayo -cheazo u(XI) -cheao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -cheako pa(XVI) -cheapo mu(XVIII) -cheamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechea -ochea m-mi(III/IV) -ochea -yochea ji-ma(V/VI) -lochea -yochea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochea -vyochea n(IX/X) -yochea -zochea u(XI) -ochea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochea pa(XVI) -pochea mu(XVIII) -mochea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.