chocha

English

Etymology

From Spanish chocha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊt͡ʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

chocha (plural chochas)

1. (US, slang) pussy; vulva

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva

   • 1997, “It's All About the Benjamins”, in No Way Out, performed by Puff Daddy:

     Mienda, with cash flowing like Sosa / And a Latin chick transporting in her chocha

   • 2002, Missy Elliott & Timbaland (lyrics and music), “Work It”, in Under Construction, performed by Missy Elliott:

     Call before you come, I need to shave my chocha

Portuguese

Adjective

chocha

1. feminine singular of chocho

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃo.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: cho‧cha

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Latin scolopax.

Noun

chocha f (plural chochas)

1. (ornithology) woodcock

   Synonym: becada

2. (Caribbean, Central America, Puerto Rico, slang) pussy

Derived terms

• chocha perdiz
• chochín

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

chocha

1. feminine singular of chocho

Further reading

• “chocha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-chocha (infinitive kuchocha)

1. to poke, stir, prod

Conjugation

Conjugation of -chocha
Positive present -nachocha Subjunctive -choche Negative -chochi Imperative singular chocha
Infinitives
Positive kuchocha Negative kutochocha
Imperatives
Singular chocha Plural chocheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchocha Positive past positive subject concord + -lichocha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchocha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachocha) Singular Plural 1st person ninachocha/nachocha tunachocha 2nd person unachocha mnachocha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachocha wanachocha other classes positive subject concord + -nachocha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -chochi) Singular Plural 1st person sichochi hatuchochi 2nd person huchochi hamchochi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachochi hawachochi other classes negative subject concord + -chochi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachocha Negative future negative subject concord + -tachocha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -choche) Singular Plural 1st person nichoche tuchoche 2nd person uchoche mchoche 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achoche wachoche other classes positive subject concord + -choche
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichoche Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechocha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechocha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichocha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichocha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achocha) Singular Plural 1st person nachocha twachocha 2nd person wachocha mwachocha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achocha wachocha m-mi(III/IV) wachocha yachocha ji-ma(V/VI) lachocha yachocha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachocha vyachocha n(IX/X) yachocha zachocha u(XI) wachocha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachocha pa(XVI) pachocha mu(XVIII) mwachocha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechocha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachocha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachocha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichocha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochocha Consecutive kachocha / positive subject concord + -kachocha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachoche
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichocha -tuchocha 2nd person -kuchocha -wachocha/-kuchocheni/-wachocheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchocha -wachocha m-mi(III/IV) -uchocha -ichocha ji-ma(V/VI) -lichocha -yachocha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichocha -vichocha n(IX/X) -ichocha -zichocha u(XI) -uchocha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchocha pa(XVI) -pachocha mu(XVIII) -muchocha Reflexive -jichocha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -chocha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -chochaye -chochao m-mi(III/IV) -chochao -chochayo ji-ma(V/VI) -chochalo -chochayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochacho -chochavyo n(IX/X) -chochayo -chochazo u(XI) -chochao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -chochako pa(XVI) -chochapo mu(XVIII) -chochamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -chocha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechocha -ochocha m-mi(III/IV) -ochocha -yochocha ji-ma(V/VI) -lochocha -yochocha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochocha -vyochocha n(IX/X) -yochocha -zochocha u(XI) -ochocha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochocha pa(XVI) -pochocha mu(XVIII) -mochocha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -chochea, -chochelea
  • Passive: -chochewa

See also

• -chokoa