ᎠᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏗᎭ

Cherokee

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ȁːtàwéːsòːlə̃̌ːsdíha/

Verb

ᎠᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏗᎭ • (adawesolvsdiha) (past ᎤᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏔᏅᎢ (udawesolvstanvi))

  1. he/she is resting
    ᎭᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏓ. ᏙᏔᏍᏔᏰᏎᎦ.
    hadawesolvsda. dotastayesega.
    Rest. You'll get exhausted.

Inflections

  • ᎦᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏗᎭ (gadawesolvsdiha, “I am resting”)
  • ᎤᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏔᏅᎢ (udawesolvstanvi, “he/she rested”)
  • ᎠᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ (adawesolvsdisgoi, “he/she rests”)
  • ᎭᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏓ (hadawesolvsda, “rest!”)
  • ᎤᏓᏪᏐᎸᏍᏙᏗ (udawesolvsdodi, “to rest”)
  • ᎦᏪᏐᎸᏍᏗᎭ (gawesolvsdiha, “he/she is resting him/her”)

Further reading

  • Durbin Feeling (1975), William Pulte, editor, Cherokee-English dictionary‎[1], Talequah: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
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