ᏦᎦᎵᏘ
tsogaliti
The Cherokee word for chocolate is ᏦᎦᎵᏘ (tsogaliti).
ᏦᎦᎵᏘ is a noun used to refer to food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
Meaning: food made from ground roasted cocoa beans (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is tsogaliti.
Did you know?
- The word ᏦᎦᎵᏘ is a phonetic adaptation of the English word 'chocolate'. It demonstrates how Cherokee absorbs foreign nouns by mapping them to the closest available sounds in the syllabary.
- Writing ᏦᎦᎵᏘ requires the use of the Cherokee syllabary, a system invented by Sequoyah that allows each character to represent a full syllable rather than a single consonant or vowel.
- If you hear different pronunciations of ᏦᎦᎵᏘ, you might be listening to the distinction between the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about snacks.
- AᏦᎦᎵᏘ ᎾᏓᏅᏘ?Tsogaliti nadanvti?Do you want some chocolate?
- BᏙ, ᏦᎦᎵᏘ ᎢᏓᏓᏆᏓᏅᎢ.Do, Tsogaliti idadaquanvti.Yes, I want chocolate.
- AᎾᏓᏓᏙᎵᏓᏅᏓ.Nadadodolidanvda.Here it is.
- BᏩᏙ!Wado!Thank you!
