pacha

See also: pachá, pachą, p'acha, and páchá

English

Noun

pacha (plural pachas)

1. Archaic form of pasha.

Anagrams

• Chapa

Chipaya

Noun

pacha

1. time

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Katja Hannß, Chipaya case markers -kiś and -kin: Subject and speaker reference (2008)

French

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʃa/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

pacha m (plural pachas)

1. pasha

Further reading

• “pacha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat͡ʃa/

Adjective

pacha

1. blind

Noun

pacha

1. blind person

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002), Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 106

Polish

Alternative forms

• pocha (Łowicz, Lisiewice, Popów, Rogóźno, Rząśno, Przemyśl)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paxъ / *paxa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.xa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.xa]
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.xa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: pa‧cha

Noun

pacha f (diminutive paszka, related adjective pachowy)

1. (anatomy) armpit
   1. armpit (part of clothing under the arm)
2. (Near Masovian) compartment of a grain bin
3. (Near Masovian) thick log on a windmill forming a square with three other such logs inscribed in a millwheel and supported on arms, elements of a construction resembling a bent arm
4. (Malbork) synonym of ramię

Declension

Declension of pacha

	singular	plural
nominative	pacha	pachy
genitive	pachy	pach
dative	pasze	pachom
accusative	pachę	pachy
instrumental	pachą	pachami
locative	pasze	pachach
vocative	pacho	pachy

Further reading

• “pacha”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pacha”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891), “pacha”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[4], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 368
• Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889), “pacha”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 746

Quechua

Alternative forms

• p'acha (Cuzco-Collao) ("clothes")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃa/
  • (Ayacucho, Cuzco-Collao) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.t͡ʃa]
  • (Cuzco-Collao) IPA^(key): /ˈpʼa.t͡ʃa/ ("clothes")

Noun

pacha

1. earth, ground, world; planet Earth; universe

   Near-synonyms: allpa, tiqsi muyu

2. a specific time or space (incl. any time period or time unit, as big as an era, to a date and as small as a specific hour or time)

   kunan pacha ― right now

   kaymanta pacha ― from right here

3. clothes

   Synonym: p'acha (CC)

4. textile

Declension

Declension of pacha

	singular	plural
nominative	pacha	pachakuna
accusative	pachata	pachakunata
dative	pachaman	pachakunaman
genitive	pachap	pachakunap
locative	pachapi	pachakunapi
terminative	pachakama	pachakunakama
ablative	pachamanta	pachakunamanta
instrumental	pachawan	pachakunawan
comitative	pachantin	pachakunantin
abessive	pachannaq	pachakunannaq
comparative	pachahina	pachakunahina
causative	pacharayku	pachakunarayku
benefactive	pachapaq	pachakunapaq
associative	pachapura	pachakunapura
distributive	pachanka	pachakunanka
exclusive	pachalla	pachakunalla

Possessive forms of pacha

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative pachay pachaykuna accusative pachayta pachaykunata dative pachayman pachaykunaman genitive pachaypa pachaykunap locative pachaypi pachaykunapi terminative pachaykama pachaykunakama ablative pachaymanta pachaykunamanta instrumental pachaywan pachaykunawan comitative pachaynintin pachaykunantin abessive pachayninnaq pachaykunannaq comparative pachayhina pachaykunahina causative pachayrayku pachaykunarayku benefactive pachaypaq pachaykunapaq associative pachaypura pachaykunapura distributive pachayninka pachaykunanka exclusive pachaylla pachaykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative pachayki pachaykikuna accusative pachaykita pachaykikunata dative pachaykiman pachaykikunaman genitive pachaykipa pachaykikunap locative pachaykipi pachaykikunapi terminative pachaykikama pachaykikunakama ablative pachaykimanta pachaykikunamanta instrumental pachaykiwan pachaykikunawan comitative pachaykintin pachaykikunantin abessive pachaykinnaq pachaykikunannaq comparative pachaykihina pachaykikunahina causative pachaykirayku pachaykikunarayku benefactive pachaykipaq pachaykikunapaq associative pachaykipura pachaykikunapura distributive pachaykinka pachaykikunanka exclusive pachaykilla pachaykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative pachan pachankuna accusative pachanta pachankunata dative pachanman pachankunaman genitive pachanpa pachankunap locative pachanpi pachankunapi terminative pachankama pachankunakama ablative pachanmanta pachankunamanta instrumental pachanwan pachankunawan comitative pachanintin pachankunantin abessive pachanninnaq pachankunannaq comparative pachanhina pachankunahina causative pachanrayku pachankunarayku benefactive pachanpaq pachankunapaq associative pachanpura pachankunapura distributive pachaninka pachankunanka exclusive pachanlla pachankunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative pachanchik pachanchikkuna accusative pachanchikta pachanchikkunata dative pachanchikman pachanchikkunaman genitive pachanchikpa pachanchikkunap locative pachanchikpi pachanchikkunapi terminative pachanchikkama pachanchikkunakama ablative pachanchikmanta pachanchikkunamanta instrumental pachanchikwan pachanchikkunawan comitative pachanchiknintin pachanchikkunantin abessive pachanchikninnaq pachanchikkunannaq comparative pachanchikhina pachanchikkunahina causative pachanchikrayku pachanchikkunarayku benefactive pachanchikpaq pachanchikkunapaq associative pachanchikpura pachanchikkunapura distributive pachanchikninka pachanchikkunanka exclusive pachanchiklla pachanchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative pachayku pachaykukuna accusative pachaykuta pachaykukunata dative pachaykuman pachaykukunaman genitive pachaykupa pachaykukunap locative pachaykupi pachaykukunapi terminative pachaykukama pachaykukunakama ablative pachaykumanta pachaykukunamanta instrumental pachaykuwan pachaykukunawan comitative pachaykuntin pachaykukunantin abessive pachaykunnaq pachaykukunannaq comparative pachaykuhina pachaykukunahina causative pachaykurayku pachaykukunarayku benefactive pachaykupaq pachaykukunapaq associative pachaykupura pachaykukunapura distributive pachaykunka pachaykukunanka exclusive pachaykulla pachaykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative pachaykichik pachaykichikkuna accusative pachaykichikta pachaykichikkunata dative pachaykichikman pachaykichikkunaman genitive pachaykichikpa pachaykichikkunap locative pachaykichikpi pachaykichikkunapi terminative pachaykichikkama pachaykichikkunakama ablative pachaykichikmanta pachaykichikkunamanta instrumental pachaykichikwan pachaykichikkunawan comitative pachaykichiknintin pachaykichikkunantin abessive pachaykichikninnaq pachaykichikkunannaq comparative pachaykichikhina pachaykichikkunahina causative pachaykichikrayku pachaykichikkunarayku benefactive pachaykichikpaq pachaykichikkunapaq associative pachaykichikpura pachaykichikkunapura distributive pachaykichikninka pachaykichikkunanka exclusive pachaykichiklla pachaykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative pachanku pachankukuna accusative pachankuta pachankukunata dative pachankuman pachankukunaman genitive pachankupa pachankukunap locative pachankupi pachankukunapi terminative pachankukama pachankukunakama ablative pachankumanta pachankukunamanta instrumental pachankuwan pachankukunawan comitative pachankuntin pachankukunantin abessive pachankunnaq pachankukunannaq comparative pachankuhina pachankukunahina causative pachankurayku pachankukunarayku benefactive pachankupaq pachankukunapaq associative pachankupura pachankukunapura distributive pachankunka pachankukunanka exclusive pachankulla pachankukunalla

Derived terms

• • chaki pacha
  • hanaq pacha
  • hawa pacha
  • kay pacha
  • Pacha Mama
  • pacha manka
  • qipan pacha
  • samay pacha
  • ukhu pacha
  • ñawpaq pacha

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat͡ʃa/ [ˈpa.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: pa‧cha

Noun

pacha f (plural pachas)

1. (El Salvador, Nicaragua) baby bottle

Adjective

pacha f

1. feminine singular of pacho

Further reading

• “pacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìpácà.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

pacha class V (plural mapacha class VI)

1. twin

Derived terms

• mapacha watatu (“triplets”)
• mapacha wanne (“quadruplets”)