Cherokee/Dictionary

Key Lexical Indications [A]: Set A verb. [A-ga]: Set A verb that takes ga- instead of a- for the third person singular subject. A-: Set A noun, a lexical feature commonly used to denote humans. The entry is a noun, listed as its root, with "A-" preceding to indicate that a Set A pronominal prefix always precedes the root. Coincidentally, the 3rd person singular (he/she/it) Set A prefix (for such nouns) is a-. (Thus I thought it was ingenious to use the notation "A-".) [B]: Set B verb. [D]: Verb takes the distributive prefix lexically. For the PRC, INC, and CMP stems, the form deex́- or its variants are used. For DVN, di- or its variants are used. For IMM, deex́- is used for past and future tenses; for commands di- is used instead. [INC, IMM, CMP, DVN]: For verbs, the 4 stems in addition to the present continuous (PRC) stem used as citation form, namely the incompletive, immediate, completive, and deverbal noun stems. s.o.: Someone (animate object). s.th.: Something (inanimate object). Parts of Speech adj.: Adjective. vi.: Intransitive verb. vt.: Transitive verb. n.: Noun. Floating Tones and Length -x́: Previous syllable takes high tone. (<x> is a placeholder.) x́-: Following syllable takes high tone. -xx: Previous syllable gets lengthened. Miscellaneous NA: Not applicable. Dictionary A -alisdáayvvhvsg- [-alisdáayvvhvsg-, -alisdàyvvhvga, -alisdáayvvhn-, -alisdàyvhd-]: vi. [A] eat a meal Ch A-chũja ᎠᏧᏣ: n. boy D doosvv́dáqli ᏙᏒᏓᎵ: n. ant possibly derived noun E eeloóhi ᎡᎶᎯ: n. Earth, world G gaáda ᎦᏓ: n. (1) soil, dirt; (2) land gansda ᎦᎾᏍᏓ: n. stick ganvvnoowa ᎦᏅᏃᏩ: n. pipe -gíqa [-gíisg-, -ga, -g-, -gísd-]: vt. eat s.th. (neutral/solid object) guule ᎫᎴ: n. acorn H -ha [-h-, -héésti, -h-, NA]: vt. [B] have s.th. (neutral/solid object) 3SG exceptional form: uúha (tone unexpected) I J -xxjayoohíha [-xxjayoohih-, -xxjayoóha, -xxjayoohl-, -xxjayoost-]: vt. [A-ga] (1) prick s.th./s.o.; (2) give s.o. an injection IMM stem ends in -yoóha for inanimate object but -yoqa for animate object. H/Q alternation expected, tone/length change probably linked thereto. joólani ᏦᎳᏂ: n. window K kamaama ᎧᎹᎹ: n. (1) butterfly; (2) elephant L -loónéqa [-loónéesg-, -loóna, -loónéq-, -loónéed-]: vt. [A-ga] oil s.th. -lvv́gwóhdi [-lvv́gwóhd-, -lvvgwohda, -lvv́gwóhd-, -lvv́gwóhdohd-]: vt. [B] like s.th./s.o. [D]-lvv́hwísdàneha [-lvv́hwísdàneeh-, see note, lvv́hwísdàneel-, lvv́hwísdànehd-]: vi. [B] work CED cites IMM (with distributive prefix, in command form) as diijálv́v́hwiisdàsi. This is the only IMM stem in any dictionary cited with a long vowel in the di- prefix, i.e. dii-. Should be elicited to confirm. N nokwsi ᏃᏈᏏ: n. star nuúna ᏄᎾ: n. potato nvvwóoti ᏅᏬᏘ: n. medicine O -oolihga [-oolihg-, -ooligi, -oolihj-, -oolihísd-]: vt. [A-ga] (1) understand s.th.; (2) recognize s.o. Q -x́qluhga [-x́qluhg-, -qluhgi, -qlúhj-, -qlúhísd-]: vi. [A-ga] arrive S seélu ᏎᎷ: n. corn T tuúya ᏚᏯ: n. bean U uuwáqni ᎤᏩᏂ: n. wool V vvdali ᎥᏓᎵ: n. pond, lake W weésa ᏪᏌ: n. cat Y -xxyeewisga [-xxyeewisg-, -xxyeéwa, -xxyeewis-, -xxyeewist-]: vt. [A-ga] sew s.th.