ᎡᎮᎾ
ehena
ᎡᎮᎾ (ehena) is the Cherokee way to say "come here".
This phrase is a command used to tell someone to move toward the speaker's current location.
How do you pronounce it?
ehena
Did you know?
- The Cherokee syllabary used to write ᎡᎮᎾ was invented by Sequoyah, who did not know how to read or write any other language when he created it.
- The command ᎡᎮᎾ is part of a linguistic structure where the verb encodes the 'person' of both the speaker and the listener simultaneously.
- The phrase ᎡᎮᎾ belongs to a language family where words are built like Lego bricks, allowing a speaker to turn 'come here' into 'come here and help me' by adding a few sounds.
Example conversation
A parent is calling their child from across the room.
- AᎡᎮᎾ.e-honaCome here.
- BᎦᏙ ᎪᏪᎦ?gado gowegaWhat is it?
- AᎢᏓᏓᏅᏓᏛᏓ ᎡᎮᎾ.tidanvdadvda e-honaCome here for a second.
- BᎠᎩᏓᏓᏅᏓ.agidanvdaI am coming.
