ᎤᏬᏚᎯ
uwoduhi
The Cherokee word for "beautiful" is ᎤᏬᏚᎯ (uwoduhi).
ᎤᏬᏚᎯ is an adjective used to describe something or someone that is attractive.
Meaning: attractive (adj)
How do you pronounce it?
uwoduhi
Did you know?
- The Cherokee syllabary used to write ᎤᏬᏚᎯ was invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century. He created a writing system without knowing how to read or write in any other language.
- Cherokee is an isolate language, meaning ᎤᏬᏚᎯ has no known linguistic relatives in any other language family in the world.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word like ᎤᏬᏚᎯ can be expanded into a full sentence by adding prefixes that specify who is perceiving the beauty.
Example conversation
Two friends are looking at a flower.
- AᎤᏬᏚᎯ ᎤᏓᏓᏘᎦ!uwoduhī udadatiga!It is beautiful!
- BᎥᎥ, ᎤᏬᏚᎯ ᎤᏓ.v-v, uwoduhī uda.Yes, it is beautiful.
- AᎤᏓᏓᏛᏓ ᎦᏓ ᎤᏬᏚᎯ.udadadvda gada uwoduhī.The garden is beautiful.
- BᎤᏓᏓᏛᏓ ᎩᏓ.udadadvda gida.It is very colorful.
