ᎠᏬᎭᎵ
awohali
The Cherokee word for eagle is ᎠᏬᎭᎵ (awohali).
ᎠᏬᎭᎵ is a noun used to refer to any of the several large carnivorous birds belonging to the family Accipitridae.
Meaning: any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is awohali.
Did you know?
- In the Cherokee syllabary, the word ᎠᏬᎭᎵ is written using characters that represent whole syllables rather than individual letters.
- In Cherokee culture, the ᎠᏬᎭᎵ (awohali) is often considered a messenger between the earthly realm and the spiritual world.
- Traditionally, the eagle is associated with the upper world in the Cherokee cosmological structure, contrasting with creatures of the lower world.
Example sentences for Cherokee are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Two people are looking at the sky.
- AᎠᏬᎭᎵ ᏗᏓᏓᏍᏓᎵ.Awohali didasdali.Look, there is an eagle.
- BᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏓᏓ!Nasgi udada!It is so big!
- AᎠᏬᎭᎵ ᎤᏓᏓᏍᏓᎵ.Awohali udadasdali.The eagle is circling.
- BᎢᏳᏓᏓᏍᏓᎵ.Iyudadasdali.It is circling there.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “eagle” translations and entries ᎠᏬᎭᎵ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
