DCHP-1 Online
chaw cha [origin uncertain] North 
interj. a call directing a team of dogs to swing to the left.
See also: chee
- 1913 . . . Mistisi, responding to the cry of "chaw," swerved into the . . . underbrush.
- 1953 . . . the people in this country [Great Bear Lake] use the expressions "hew" and "chaw" to signal a turn to right and left. Most of the time, their dogs pay no attention to them anyway.
- 1986 (1898) Hu and chac, anglicized to "you" and "chaw" are words necessary to turn the foregoer to the right or left.
- 1913 . . . Mistisi, responding to the cry of "chaw," swerved into the . . . underbrush.