tchatcha

Haitian Creole

Alternative forms

• (tree) tyatya

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. The dried seeds of the lebbek are used to make maracas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃatʃa/

Noun

tchatcha

1. maraca
2. lebbek

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)