ᎠᎨᏳᏣ
ageyutsa
The Cherokee word for "girl" is ᎠᎨᏳᏣ (ageyutsa).
ᎠᎨᏳᏣ is a noun used to refer to a young female person.
Meaning: young female person (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
ageyutsa
Did you know?
- The Cherokee writing system, used to write ᎠᎨᏳᏣ, was a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the 1820s rather than an alphabet.
- Because Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, the root found in ᎠᎨᏳᏣ can be modified with prefixes and suffixes to change the entire meaning of the sentence.
- In Cherokee, nouns often change based on whether they are human or non-human, which influences how 'girl' is categorized in grammar.
