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Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary A:
English
Cherokee
Above galvlati - the sky on high
Acorn gule
Across untli
Adze deganudasti - sti indicates
sharp
Again taline - second in a series
Aged Agevli
Afraid daskasti
Afterbirth udi yadon' - That which
has remained
Air unole - see also wind
A kind person u'da'nuh't - a person
of soul, truth
and feeling
Alighted tsulegilanunayi - he alighted
there
Alligator tsulasgi
All owasa
Alphabet digaloquastohdi
Also nu - abbreviation of ulenu
Ambassador ganuseda
Ambush vdiskalunagi - hiding out
there
Ambush Ahaluna - to take unawares
An evil person u'ne'go'tsoduh -
with a blackness
of soul, evil
Ancient Agayvlige, kaiele
And Ale - see also or, but
And also ulenu
And you? nihina, nihinahv
Ant tsosudali - he has six legs
Antler tsulunuhi, uskwalegu
Apple sugata
Apportioner Unelanvhi - Sun, used
in the sacred
idigawesdi
April Tsiloni - flower moon
Apron gatloa uatusulo - covers the
privates
Arm (my) tsinogani
Arm (your) hinogani
Arm (his) kanogani
Arriving (soon) galuhisdii nulisdv
Arrives (he(habitually) galuhgoi
Arrow guni, dakaledati
Arrow maker skinatluneska guni
Arrow shaft ganusta dakaledati
Ashes gasdu
August Galoni
Aunt Alutsi
Awl detalasti - punch
Ax (women's) galuyasti agiya
Ax (tomahawk) galuyasti usdi - little
ax
Ax (ceremonial war) danawa ahi galuyasti
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary B:
English
Cherokee
baby usdi
baby deer awanita
bad usga astu - not so good - abbrev.
uyai, uyoi
Bad Spirit Sgina
Bad Spirits AniSgina
bad young man tsunadi usgaseti
badger uguna
bald mtn top uda wagvta
ball anetsa - for playing anetsa
ballground anetsa gada
ball (lead bullet) guna
ball play anetsa - little brother
to war
ball player anetsa unaski
ball stick anetsa tagalode
bank (stream) amayi stuni
barber ditastayesgi - cutter
bark tsuwaluka
Bartlesville gugu
basket talutsa
bat tlameha
baneberry udai
bead adela
beads diadela
bean duya
bear yona, yonv
beard ahanulahu - face hair
bear grass saiquayi - yucca
bear meat yona hawiya
beautiful uwoduhi
beaver dayi
beaver dam dayihvsgi - beaver made
it
bed atsista - place to sleep
bee gasgoya
beewax wadulesi galu - honey container
beetle (snapping) tuluskuwa , tsulusguwa
-
snaps his head
bell ahaluni
beloved agigau
below eladi - and lower
best of all astu tsigi
big egwa - see also great
Big Dipper Yonaegwa - Big Bear
birch tree dalonega ada - yellow
wood
bird tsiskwa
bite adaskalutsi
bitter tsunatsayasti
black gvnega
black bear gvnigeyona
black bear that stands gvnigeyona
aledi
blackberry ganugala, kanuga - scratcher
black drink gvnega adatasti - coffee
black-eyed susan awiakata, awiakta
- deer's eye
black fox inali
blackbird gvnega tsiskwa
black snake (small) ukasuhi
black snake (large) gulega
blanket unaguhu
blind digewi
blood giga, gigahai
Bloody Ground Gonada Gigahai - see
also
Kentucky
blood brother danitaga
blood taker gigadanegisgi
bloody fellow yvwigiga
Bloody Man Asgayagiga - personal
male name
bloody mouth gigatsuhali - having
blood at the
corners of his mouth, a lizard
blowgun tugawesti
blowgun darts gitsi
blue sahani, sakonige
bone dalu
book gohwela
borrowed agatalista
bottle gugu
bouncing kasti
bow gatsodi, galotsadi
bow and arrows gatsodi ale goni,
gatsodi ale
guni
bowl (small) tusti
bowl (large) diwali
Bowl Diwali -Texas Cherokee Chief
lived
1756-1839
bow string gatsodi dadi
box kanesai
boy atsutsa , uwagiatustsa
brass tsuyi, vtsaiyi
branch (stream) stewayi
brave uletsuyasti
bread(baked) gatu, gadu
breath vlita - long winded
breech clout gatola yatusulo
breeder dinusgi
briar kanutsu, kanuga
briar bush kanugula
Brier Place Kanugulayi
bright utsistalu gisgi
broom gvnosasdi
brother (blood) danitaga
brother (sibling) dinadanvtli -
born like me,
same mother
brother (friend) diganeli
brother (sibling) vginili - elder
of female
brothers (sibling) edaditlunutsi
- we, sons of the
same mother
brothers (sibling) tsvkinatli -
younger of male
brothers (sibling) tsvkita - younger
of female
Brothers (orator use) Vgineli, Digineli
brown wadigai, wudige
buck (male deer) galagina
buffalo yvsu
bug diganawali
bugleweed aniwani'ski
bull tsukanastati
bullet guna, guni
bullfrog kununa
Bullhead Uskwalena - personal male
name
burden asgwalihu - see also pack
burn atsila
but ale
butter gotlvhnv - made of milk
butterfly kamama
buttocks tigwali
buzzard suli
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary C:
English
Cherokee
cairn (rock burial) dagalgvyi - they
are piled
there
caller ahyeliski, ayeliski - mocker
camp sustiyi
campfire atsila sustiyi
cane (reed) iheya
cane (staff) udalanusti, adalanvsti
cannibals yvwigisgi - man eaters
canoe tsiyu - see also Poplar tree
captive uhutsi
captive catcher dahudigisgi
cat wesa
Catawba Indians AniTagwa
Catawba Killer Tagwadihi, Tagwatihi
- personal
male name
catch-fly ganidawasgi - see also
rattlesnake's
master
catfish tsulstanuyi - he has a beard
catgut (plant) distai'yi
cattail astislusgi - firemaker
cave ustagalayi
cedar atsina
ceremonial mound gauwatlunehi
chair gasgina
charcoal ginasgi
cherokee (language) tsalagi
Cherokee (I am) Tsitsalagi
Cherokee Indians AniTsalagi
chestnut utiti
chestnut bread diskwani
chickadee tsigilili
Chickamauga Tsikamagi - River of
Death
Chickasaw Indians AniTsikasu
Chickasawa Indians AniTsiksa
chicken tsutagu - ruffed grouse
chief vganuweuwe, asgaya yvwi yvwi
- great
person, greatness emphasized by
repetition of
yvwi
chief (peace) duweuwe wanidatsi
- see also Uku
chief (war) danawagaweuwee - see
also Raven
child ayule
child (my daughter's) tsvgilisi
child (my son's) vginisi
children dini ayule
children (my daughter's) tsvgilisi
children (my son's) tsuginisi
chipmunk giuga - ground squirrel
Choctaw Indians AniTsata
Chota Itsati - Cherokee Capitol,
Monroe County,
Tn
chosen suyeta
chosen (he is) asuyeta
chosen (I am) gasuyeu
Chunky tsvge, tsvgayvyi, gatayasti
- they are
running, a game
Chunky yard tsvgeyi
church tsunilawisdi
church (service) danilawiga
Citico Sitiku - Town on Little Tenn.
River
Clans Ugaya - Seven Clan Society
clay gadagwala
Clay Woman Agidagwa - personal female
name
clear yiga
climb luhi
climber gulega
climbing (I am) tsilihu
clothing agwanu
closed gewi
closed(they have their) tsvgulisgewi
cloud ulogilv
clouds unitsila
cold uyvtsa, uhyvdla, uhyvdlv
come dehana, nu'la
comet atsilatlvdatsi - fire panther
compass alani agadadi - land stealer
computer elisk
complete udulula
conceived nehandu, nehanadu
conjuror dadunesgi, didahnvwisgi
constipation tsvdegewi - they have
them closed
cook adastayuhuski
cooked uwanusuhi
cooking gunesti
copper tsiyi
corn selu
corn (parched) seluguwesa
corn selu
corn (parched) seluguwesa
corn (parched, meal) gahawesita
- war ration
carried on war trail
cornbread tsalugatu, selugadu
corn gruel (sour) kanahe'na
corn meal seluesi
corn meal pudding uganasta
corn tassel utsitsata
council anasga
Council House Anaskayi - see also
Townhouse
cougar tlvdatsi - see also panther
country (Cherokee) AniTsalagigatohi
- Our land,
Given to the Tsalagi
cousins (we are all) gusdi idadadvhni
cow waka, waga
cow-itch (flower) ganeda
coward usgianu
coyote waya
cracked unestla
crane ganutsitali
crawfish(little rabbit) tsistuna
crawfish (large red) tsiskagili
- thunder's dog
crazy unastisgi, nudatuna - see
also insane
cream udatlvd, udatlvda, udatlvdi
creation (the) dinetlana
creek ama awaya
Creek Indians AniGusa, AniKusa
Creeks (Lower) AniKawita
Creek Path Kusa Nvnehi
cricket talatu, detalayesgi - it
gnaws hair from
furs
cross (ugly, mean) asgasiti
crossed (I have) gatugi
crossing place (ford) asatvyi
crow koga
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary D:
English
Cherokee
daisy uwadugada
dance tsalatsisgi, ulisgisgu, ulisgita,
dilsti'
dance ground detsanvli
dancing (I am) galisgia
dancing (I am dancing about) galisgidahu
dancing (they are) anaulisgisku
Dancing Wolf Alisgia Waya - personal
name
dangerous (very) usgasetityu
dark ulesegi
Darkening Land Wudeliguhi - Land
of the Dead
daughter (mother speaking) agwetsi
daughter (father speaking) uwetsi
daughter (your) stesi
day ega, iga
daylight egaguti
deaf tsunela
dead duhasata
deadwood (for lighting fires) etawa
death (of human) oyohusa
death (of animal) uewatsu
death (by fire) oyohusa atsila
debt tsvdalita
deer awi
deer caller awi ahyeliski, awi yelisgi
Deer Clan AniAwi, AniKawi
deer skin awiganagi
desire akwidulihu - I desire it
very much
dew amagai
dewberries hasenuda
die oyohusi
die (he will) tutsihusi
die (she will) tuyahusi
dipper ditati
dirt gada
dirty gadanai
distance w - prefix added indicates
distance
distant gei
dog gili, gitli
dog (puppy) gili usdi, gilinita
dogwood tree ganasita
domesticated (animal) ulvita
domesticated (plant) gunutluni
doll analodi
dolls (playing) danelohaski
doodle bug yahuli
door (entrance) stuti, galuhisti
Double head Talitsiska - Two Heads,
personal
male name
down stream gei
dress (woman's) asani
drill (to bore) atalesti
drill (instrument) detalesti
drink adatasti
drown guniska
drum ahuli
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary E:
English
Cherokee
: eagle awahili
Eagle Killer Awahilidihi
eagle screams Awahili geluhvsga
ear gule
ear ring daguleadu
early igvyi, igvyii
earth ela, elo
east digalvgvyi - it comes up there
East Nvdayi - Sunland in sacred
idigawesdi
eating bowl utalidade
eating(I am) galstyvhvsga, galityvhvsga
eating(you are) halstayvhvsga, halistayvhvsga
eating(he/she is) alstayvhvsga,
alistayvhvsga
eating(they are) analstayvhvsga,
analistayvhvsga
eddy tsudatsasvyi
edge (of stream) siastvyi
egret tsisquayi - great white heron
eggs tsuwetsi
eight tsunel, tsunela
eighth tsuneline, tsunelinei
Elder Brother Udani Dutlunutsi
elephant kamama utanu, kamama egwa
- great
butterfly
elk awiegwa
elm dawagula
e-mail imelv
enemy danadaskagi
enemy country ugadohi
eye kata
eyes dikata