cucha

See also: cuchą

Allentiac

Etymology

From cu +‎ -cha.

Pronoun

cucha (first person plural, singular cu)

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

References

• Willem F. H. Adelaar; Pieter C. Muysken (2004), Languages of the Andes, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
• Luis de Valdivia (1607), Doctrina christiana y cathecismo en la lengua allentiac, que corre en la cuidad de S. Iuan de la Frontera, con vn Confessonario [sic], Arte, y Bocabulario breues. Compuesto por el padre Luys de Valdivia de la Compañia de Iesus, de la prouincia del Peru‎^[1], En Lima : Por Francisco del Canto.

Chachi

Noun

cucha

1. obsolete spelling of kucha

Polish

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• czucha

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡su.xa/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡su.xa]

• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: cu‧cha

Noun

cucha f

1. Goral jacket made of homespun wool

   Synonym: gunia

Declension

Declension of cucha

	singular	plural
nominative	cucha	cuchy
genitive	cuchy	cuch
dative	cusze	cuchom
accusative	cuchę	cuchy
instrumental	cuchą	cuchami
locative	cusze	cuchach
vocative	cucho	cuchy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡su.xa/
• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: cu‧cha

Noun

cucha m inan

1. genitive singular of cuch

Further reading

• “cucha”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “cucha”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[3] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 22

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkut͡ʃa/ [ˈku.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -utʃa
• Syllabification: cu‧cha

Etymology 1

Noun

cucha f (plural cuchas, masculine cucho, masculine plural cuchos)

1. (Colombia) female equivalent of cucho, old woman
2. (Colombia) catfish

Adjective

cucha f

1. (Colombia) feminine singular of cucho

Verb

cucha

1. inflection of cuchar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian cuccia, from French couche.

Noun

cucha f (plural cuchas)

1. (Rioplatense, Paraguay) doghouse; kennel
2. dog bed
3. (festive, colloquial) bed

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “escuchar?”)

Interjection

cucha

1. (Jaén Province, Andalusia, Spain) look!

   Alternative form: cuche

Further reading

• “cucha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• “cucha”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010