Citations:chacha

English citations of chacha

1927 February 28, observation of Dickey and van Rossem, quoted in 1938, Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series:
It appears that the black chachas roost in the highest pines; at least many of them do so. A short time after sundown we began to hear the curious, whirring rattle and saw, here and there, males flying from the ravine undergrowth to the pine ...
1949, Special Scientific Report--wildlife, page 41:
When being hunted, the black chacha attempts to escape by running through the undergrowth, or if dense tall cover is near, by a low, short flight. […] It seems probable that tho best season to hunt black chachas is from September through January, as roosting appar. ontly begins in February.

2010, Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Algonquin Books (→ISBN), page 220:
Once Nivea left the room, Chucha stood us all up in front of her. “Chachas—” she always called us that, from muchachas, girls, which is how come we had ended up nicknaming her a play echo of her name for us, Chucha. “You are going to a […] ”

2007, Gautam Malkani, Londonstani, Penguin (→ISBN), page 51:
It's from when Hardjit's family went to Disneyland with his chacha's family in New Jersey.
2012, Inder Saini MD Pediatrician, Timeless Treasures: Passing My Rich Heritage to Children, Trafford Publishing (→ISBN), page 98:
All her chachas, mamas, and all nephews and nieces were there in the wedding. Indra's mausaji, Shri Jagdish Rai, was the friend of my dad and was instrumental in bringing two families together.
2016, Gurdial Singh, Earthy Tones: A Selection of Best Punjabi Short Stories (→ISBN)
The sons of his chachas and tayyas arranged a great funeral for him. Banta didn't have a single real brother of his own. A day after the Dussehra, his relatives drew yp plans to divide his land amongst each other, […]
2017, Abhishek Kumar, The Richest Engineer: A Story That Will Unravel the Secrets of the Rich, Manjul Publishing (→ISBN), page 149:
She had heard about her Chachas, Mamas and Mausis but had never met them. Ajay and Priya had decided that it would be the best time to visit as they would be able to meet many of their relatives whom they also had not met for a long time.

2016, Michael Z. Lewin, Underdog, Open Road Media (→ISBN):
The first one I managed to kick in the vicinity of his chachas but the second guy grabbed me tight on the arm. I fought him as hard as I could and said, “Get off! Get off!” He said, “Mr. Moro, it's O.K.” I looked up and it was Detective Sergeant ...