ᏚᏙᎠ

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• IPA^(key): /dȕːdòːʔa/

ᏚᏙᎠ • (dudoa) (past ᏚᏙᎥᎢ (dudovi))

1. he/she is called, named

   "Chief" ᏚᏙᎠ ᎩᏟ ᎠᏆᏤᎵᎢ.

   "CHIEF" dudoa gitli aquatselii.

   My dog's name is "Chief".

• ᏓᏆᏙᎠ (daquadoa, “I am called”)
• ᏚᏙᎥᎢ (dudovi, “he/she was called”)
• ᏚᏙᎣᎢ (dudooi, “he/she is usually called”)
• ᏕᏣᏙᎡᏍᏗ (detsadoesdi, “you will be called!”)
• ᏧᏙᏍᏗ (tsudosdi, “to be called”)

• ᏚᏙᎥ (dudov, “name”)
• ᎦᏙ ᏕᏣᏙᎠ (gado detsadoa, “what's your name?”)

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