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| Language | Expression | English Translation or Definition |
| Dawida | chala | finger. |
| Hindi (Transliterated) | chAla | mien, going, pace, operation, movement, move, momentum, March, prank, impulse, procedure, gait, fashion, custom, port, motion, ceremony, scent, run, routine, rig, process, carriage, manner, action, activity, air, bearing, career. |
| Kurdish (Transliterated) | chala | a rope, time, a turn. |
| Makonde | chala | finger, toe. |
| Mwera | chala | toe, finger. |
| Ndali | Chala | God. |
| Ndamba | chala | finger. |
| Ndari | Chala | God. |
| Quechua | chala | thin, skinny, mestizo, leaf covering the corn cob. |
| Sanskrit (Transliterated) | chala | moving. |
| Spanish | chala | husk. |
| Wanda | chala | corpse. |
| Yao | chala | toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from the definition of finger; see credits. | ||
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