ᎠᎪᏩᏘᎭ

Cherokee

Etymology

From Proto-Iroquoian *-kẽ(ː)-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ȁːkòwhtíha/

Verb

ᎠᎪᏩᏘᎭ • (agowatiha) (past ᎤᎪᎲᎢ (ugohvi))

  1. he/she sees it, he/she is seeing it
    ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᎪᏩᏘ?
    tlasgo yigowati?
    Don't you see it?

Inflections

  • ᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ (tsigowatiha, “I see it”)
  • ᎤᎪᎲᎢ (ugohvi, “he/she saw it”)
  • ᎠᎪᏩᏘᏍᎪᎢ (agowatisgoi, “he/she (often) sees it”)
  • ᎯᎪᏩᏔ (higowata, “see it!”)
  • ᎤᎪᏩᏛᏗ (ugowadvdi, “to see it”)

Further reading

  • Durbin Feeling (1975), William Pulte, editor, Cherokee-English dictionary‎[2], Talequah: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
  • Page 28 of Raven Rock Cherokee-English Dictionary

References

  1. ^ Charles Julian (2010), A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎[1], University of Manitoba, page 504
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