ᎠᎹ

Cherokee

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iroquoian *awẽʔ.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ᎠᎹ • (ama)

  1. water
    ᎦᏄᎪᎬ ᎣᏥᏁᎩᏍᎪ ᎠᎹ ᎣᎦᏗᏔᏍᏗ.
    ganugogv otsinegisgo ama ogaditasdi.
    We get our drinking water from a spring.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

ᎠᎹ • (ama)

  1. salt
    ᎠᎹ ᎯᎩᏒ ᏗᎦᏚᎲ ᏪᏙᎸᎢ.
    ama higisv digaduhv wedolvi.
    Get some salt when you go down.

References

  1. ^ Charles Julian (2010), A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎[1], University of Manitoba, page 461
  2. ^ Brad Montgomery-Anderson (2008), A Reference Grammar of Oklahoma Cherokee, PhD thesis, University of Kansas, page 57
  3. ^ Brad Montgomery-Anderson (2008), A Reference Grammar of Oklahoma Cherokee, PhD thesis, University of Kansas, page 57
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