How to Say “Little One” in Cherokee

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ᎤᏍᏗ
usdi
The Cherokee phrase for "little one" is ᎤᏍᏗ (usdi).
ᎤᏍᏗ is used to refer to a young child.
Meaning: young child (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

usdi

Did you know?

  • The Cherokee writing system used for ᎤᏍᏗ was created by Sequoyah, who learned to write without knowing how to read or speak English.
  • Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word like ᎤᏍᏗ can be modified with prefixes and suffixes to change the entire meaning of a sentence.
  • In many Cherokee contexts, referring to something as ᎤᏍᏗ can imply that the object or person is insignificant or unimportant, depending on the tone.

Example conversation

Two people are talking about a baby in the room.

  1. A

    ᎤᏍᏗ ᎢᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏛᏓ?
    Usdi idadanvdadadva?
    Is the little one sleeping?
  2. B

    ᎾᎥ, ᎤᏍᏗ ᎢᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏛᏓ.
    Na, usdi idadanvdadadva.
    Yes, the little one is sleeping.
  3. A

    ᎠᎩᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏛᏓ ᎢᎦᏓ?
    Agidadanvdadadva igada?
    Where is the baby?
  4. B

    ᎠᎩᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏛᏓ ᎢᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏛᏓ.
    Agidadanvdadadva idadanvdadadva.
    The baby is sleeping right here.

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