cheche

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === cheche (plural cheches) A piece of clothing used commonly in hot deserts to protect oneself from the sun or sandstorms. 1999. Martin Windrow, French Foreign Legion 1914-1945, Osprey Publishing, page 43: A pale khaki cheche or desert scarf became popular, worn in various ways at the commander's whim - either looped round the neck, crossed on the chest, or wrapped all around the head and neck... 2003. "Outside" Magazine. Outside 25: Classic Tales and New Voices from the Frontiers of Adventure, W. W. Norton & Company, page 14: Mossa scrawled his name, pulled his cheche down over his mouth, and actually smiled. ... I wore a blue cheche to filter sand out of the air I was breathing. == Mapudungun == === Noun === cheche (Unified spelling) maternal grandfather == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. === Pronunciation === === Noun === cheche class V (plural macheche class VI) spark slice, piece various kinds of fish, including wrasse and tarpon