Nouns In Cherokee - Dudodvi
Simple Cherokee Nouns
(Most plants, animals, and inanimate items)
Note: Some of these nouns may not have a plural form nor use bound pronouns. (See: Active/Passive Nouns)
ᏪᏌ - wesa a cat
ᎦᎵᏦᏕ/ᏗᎦᎵᏦᏕ - galtsode/digaltsode a house/houses
ᏓᏆᎴᎷ - dagwalelu a car
ᎠᏥᎾ/ᎠᏂᏥᎾ atsina/anitsina a cedar tree/cedar trees
ᏎᎷ - selu corn
ᎦᏚᎲ/ᏗᎦᏚᎲ - gaduhv/digaduhv town/towns
ᏩᏯ/ᎠᏂᏩᏯ wahya/aniwahya wolf/wolves (Wolf Clan)
ᎠᎵᏰᏑᎶ/ᏗᎵᏰᏑᎶ - aliyesulo/diliyesulo glove/gloves
ᏍᏚᎢᏍᏗ/ᏗᏍᏚᎢᏍᏗ - sduisdi/disduisdi key/keys
ᎤᏣᏬᏗ/ᏧᏣᏬᏗ - utsawodi/tsutsawodi moccasin/moccasins
ᎦᏓ/ᏗᎦᏙᎯ - gada/digadohi land/lands
Cherokee Nouns Derived from Verbs
ᏗᏓᏥᎶᏍᏗᏍᎩ - didatsilosdisgi - a camera
ᎠᏴᏣᏗᏍᏗᏍᎩ - ayvtsadisdisgi - a refrigerator
ᎦᏃᎯᏍᎩ - gawonisgi - a speaker
ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᎩ - gawonihisgi - a language
ᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ/ᏗᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ - gohwelisgi / digohwelisgi - a secretary
1. Ꮎ ᏪᏌ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ. - Na wesa agwatseli.
The/that cat is mine.
2. ᏗᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᏧᏔᏂ! - digaltsode tsutani!
Those houses are too big!
3. ᏧᏬᏚᎯ ᎠᏂᏥᎾ ᎠᏎᏃ Ꮎ ᎠᏥᎾ ᎤᏍᏗ. - tsuwoduhi anitsina aseno na atsina usdi.
The cedars are beautiful but that one [cedar] is small.
4. ᎯᎠᏍᎪ ᏗᎵᏰᏑᎶ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏣᏰᎸ? - Hiasgo diliyesulo osd tsayelv?
Do you like these gloves?
5. Ꮎ ᎠᏔ ᎨᏍᏗ ᏗᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ ᏱᎩ. - Na ata gesdi digowelisgi yigi.
That teenage girl is not a secretary.
ᎠᏆᏤᎢ - agw-atseli mine, me-belongs
ᎤᏔᏂ utani too big
ᎠᏔ ata she is a teenage girl