noun Street Slang

Chaa

chah (long vowel — approximate; Igbo is tonal and this casual spelling drops the tone marks) · noun · slang

Money, cash.

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Definitions

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A short, punchy market-slang word for money, used interchangeably with other Otu-Onitsha money-slang terms like 'kpọkọm.'

“You get chaa? I need to borrow small money.”
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Chaa In A Sentence

You get chaa? I need to borrow small money.

Origin & Usage

Documented Otu-Onitsha (Onitsha market) 'social evils'-section slang in Nkamigbo & Eme (2011), used simply to mean money.

Variants Chaa
Tags #igbo#igbo-slang#nigerian#west-african#market-slang#money-slang

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What does Chaa mean?

It's Onitsha market slang for money or cash.

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