chachu

Kiswahili

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chachu

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *cacu, from *-caca (whence Swahili -chacha (“to ferment”)). Cognate with Giryama tsatsu and Kipfokomo tsatsu.

noun chachu

class ix a fermentation agent, like yeast, or something similarly sour
class ix something that causes something (something bad?) a catalyst?

In English

leaven any agent used to make dough rise

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@misc{chachu_2026,
  title = {chachu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/chachu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}