ᎤᏬᏗᎨ
uwodige
The Cherokee word for "brown" is ᎤᏬᏗᎨ (uwodige).
The word is used to describe something that is having a brown color.
Meaning: having a brown color/colour (adj)
How does it change in a sentence?
In Cherokee, color adjectives such as ᎤᏬᏗᎨ are typically used as intransitive verbs or stative verbs rather than simple attributive adjectives.
How do you pronounce it?
uwodige
Did you know?
- The Cherokee syllabary used to write ᎤᏬᏗᎨ was invented by Sequoyah in the early 1800s, meaning the written form of the word is relatively modern.
- Many color words in Cherokee, including those for brown, can change their form depending on whether the object is animate or inanimate.
- Because Cherokee uses verbs for colors, you can change the tense of ᎤᏬᏗᎨ to say that something 'was brown' or 'will be brown'.
Example conversation
Two people are talking about a piece of leather.
- AᎯᎩ ᎤᏬᏗᎨ?higi uwodige?Is it brown?
- BᏙ, ᎤᏬᏗᎨ.do, uwodige.Yes, it is brown.
- AᎤᏓᏓᏅᎯᏍᎩ ᎤᏬᏗᎨ.udadanvhisgi uwodige.The brown color is nice.
- BᎤᏬᏗᎨ ᎢᏓᏓᏅᎯᏍᎩ.uwodige idadanvhisgi.It is brown.
