chea

From Latin plēnus, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃea̝/

chea f (plural cheas)

1. flood
   • '1697, several authors, Fiestas Minervales, Santiago: Antonio Frayz, page 32:

     Desde o Thamassis frolido / Ó Nilo das grandes cheas

     From the flowery Thames / Till the Nile of the large floods

2. feast, binge
3. (figurative) large quantity of something (usually used followed by the preposition de)

• enchente

chea f sg

1. feminine singular of cheo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “chea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

chea

1. to win

Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: chè‧a

chea m (invariable)

1. kea (Nestor notabilis)

   Hypernym: nestore

   Coordinate term: caca

• chea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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-chea (infinitive kuchea)

1. Applicative form of -cha