kuchacha

How to say it

Meaning

Of food or drink such as milk, bananas or porridge, to change and turn sour because it has been kept for a time.

Good to know

Takes no object: maziwa yamechacha, the milk has gone sour. Uji uliochacha, soured porridge, is liked in many homes; the causative kuchachusha means to ferment something.

Examples

• Maziwa haya yamechacha, usiyanywe.This milk has gone sour, do not drink it.
• Tuliacha uji uchache usiku mzima.We left the porridge to ferment all night.
• Ndizi hizi zikichacha hutumika kutengeneza pombe.When these bananas ferment they are used to make beer.