Ꮺᓵ
wesa
The Cherokee word for cat is Ꮺᓵ (wesa).
The term Ꮺᓵ is used to refer to the domestic species of cat.
Meaning: domestic species (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
wesa
Did you know?
- The Cherokee syllabary used to write Ꮺᓵ was invented by Sequoyah, who created a writing system without knowing how to read or write in any other language.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word containing Ꮺᓵ can be expanded with prefixes and suffixes to describe an entire sentence about a cat.
- The pronunciation of Ꮺᓵ relies on a distinction between tones that can change the meaning of a word, a feature completely absent in English.
