ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ

Cherokee

Etymology

From ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗᎭ (datlilosdiha, “to photograph”) +‎ -ᏍᎪᎢ (-sgoi, habitual) +‎ -Ꭲ (-i, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tìːtàːt͡ɬìːlȍːsti̋ːski/[1]

Noun

ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ • (didatlilosdisgi)

  1. camera
  2. photographer
    ᏗᎾᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᏅᏅᎦ.
    dinadatlilosdisgi unvnvga.
    The photographers are in a hurry.
    ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᎷᏨ ᎠᎾᎳᏍᎦᎵᏍᎬᎢ.
    didatlilosdisgi ulutsv analasgalisgvi.
    A photographer came to the ball game.

References

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