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{ "etymology_text": "From an unstressed you (/jə/) after a word ending in /t/; the unstressed sequence /tj/ coalesces into /tʃ/ ⟨ch⟩ in many accents.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "pronoun", "3": "clitic", "cat2": "clitics" }, "expansion": "-cha (clitic)", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "pron", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "extra": "you", "word": "ya" } ], "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English clitics", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English pronouns", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages using catfix", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 6 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, \"Story\" (Reize), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch", "text": "Baz: 'BAD NEWS, BUD. I NEVER WANTED TO FIGHTCHA, BUT IF WE WANT OUT, WE GOTTA SCRAP! YOU 'N ME, MANO A MANO.'", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of ya (“you”)" ], "id": "en--cha-en-pron-KnKWIx9E", "links": [ [ "ya", "ya#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(informal, used only after a /t/ sound) Alternative form of ya (“you”)" ], "raw_tags": [ "used only after a /t/ sound" ], "related": [ { "word": "-ja" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "-choo" }, { "word": "-chu" } ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative", "clitic", "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/tʃ(j)ə/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/tʃ(j)æ/", "tags": [ "UK" ] } ], "word": "-cha" }
{ "etymology_text": "From an unstressed you (/jə/) after a word ending in /t/; the unstressed sequence /tj/ coalesces into /tʃ/ ⟨ch⟩ in many accents.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "pronoun", "3": "clitic", "cat2": "clitics" }, "expansion": "-cha (clitic)", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "pron", "related": [ { "word": "-ja" } ], "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "extra": "you", "word": "ya" } ], "categories": [ "English clitics", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English informal terms", "English lemmas", "English pronouns", "English terms with quotations", "Pages using catfix", "Pages with 6 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, \"Story\" (Reize), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch", "text": "Baz: 'BAD NEWS, BUD. I NEVER WANTED TO FIGHTCHA, BUT IF WE WANT OUT, WE GOTTA SCRAP! YOU 'N ME, MANO A MANO.'", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of ya (“you”)" ], "links": [ [ "ya", "ya#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(informal, used only after a /t/ sound) Alternative form of ya (“you”)" ], "raw_tags": [ "used only after a /t/ sound" ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative", "clitic", "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/tʃ(j)ə/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/tʃ(j)æ/", "tags": [ "UK" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "-choo" }, { "word": "-chu" } ], "word": "-cha" }
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