cháchu

Cháchu means ‘beach’. You can also use it for any type of shore, such as the shore of a river.

Pronunciation

Cháchu sounds like this: CHA-choo

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips

Plural form

Cháchu has a special plural form, like this: chucháchu – beaches, shores (audio here)

Elders make this kind of plural by partly doubling (reduplicating) the word.

Related words

Cháchu is related to a number of other words, including:

• chuchuwáx̲el – front side of a house (the front of a house traditionally faced the beach or shore)
• chuchuwó:ythel – out in the river (lit. ‘in the jaws of the river’, ‘in the mouth of the river’)