When we were sick, our mom called us uchachany?

[anthony77963]

We grew up in south Texas. As kids, when we were sick Mom would call us uchachany. Is that correct, and how does it translate in English?
Thanks for your help!

[Dana]

Hmm, I'm not sure what she meant. How do you pronounce it and can you provide a little more context? When did she say it? When you had a cough (ukašlaný)?

[Sigma]

Apparently it is slang in Polish....

http://www.miejski.pl/slowo-Uchachany

[Dana]

But "uchachany" in Polish means "happy, smiley, giggly".

I've also thought of another possible word that the poster may be referring to - "uchrchlaný". I recently caught myself saying it about someone who had a cold and was coughing a lot.

[anthony77963]

My mistake. I posted the original comment and didn't follow up. Thanks, you guys, for replying. Our mom would say that word sort of like, "Anthony, are you feeling uchachany?", (most often when I was ill).

She pronounced it as oo-cha-cha'-nee.

When we visited our Grandma Novak in El Campo, we would call her something like Stazhankha. Something Mom wanted us to call her.

Pronounced: Stah-zhang-kah
I'm wondering what it meant. I don't think it means Grandma.

[Dana]

Stařenka? It does mean grandma or simply an old woman but said in an affectionate way.