ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ
dikahnawadidohi
The Cherokee word for "angel" is ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ (dikahnawadidohi).
ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ is a noun used to describe a messenger from a deity.
Meaning: messenger from a deity (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word is built from a root meaning "one who is a messenger" or "one who brings news".
How do you pronounce it?
dikahnawadidohi
Did you know?
- The syllabary used to write ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ was invented by Sequoyah, who claimed the symbols were revealed to him in a dream rather than being adapted from English letters.
- Because the Cherokee writing system is a syllabary, the word ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ is read as a series of whole sounds rather than individual letters like in English.
- The morphological components of ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ allow it to conceptually describe anyone performing the role of a messenger, not just a divine being.
Example conversation
Two friends are looking at a painting of a spiritual scene.
- AᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳ?dikahnwadidoha nasgi iyu?Is that an angel?
- BᏙᎯ, ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎬᏓᏓᏍᏗ.dohi, dikahnwadidoha gvda dasdi.Yes, it is an angel.
- AᎤᏓᏓᏓᏍᏗ ᎢᏳ?udadadasdi iyu?Is it singing?
- BᎥᎥ, ᎤᏓᏓᏓᏍᏗ.vnv, udadadasdi.Yes, it is singing.
