ᎦᏰᎠ

Cherokee

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kàːhjéːʔa/

Verb

ᎦᏰᎠ • (gayea) (past ᎤᏩᏯᎥᎢ (uwayavi))

  1. he/she is eating it (a flexible object)
    ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᏰᎠ ᏥᏍᏚ?
    gado usdi gayea tsisdu?
    What is the rabbit eating?
  • ᎠᏓᏰᏍᎩ (adayesgi, “cancer”)
  • ᎠᎩᎠ (agia, “he/she is eating it (a single solid food)”)
  • ᎠᏍᏗᎩᎠ (asdigia, “he/she is eating it (a long object)”)
  • ᎦᏰᏍᏗ (gayesdi, “something flexible to eat”)

Further reading

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