ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ
adageyudi
The Cherokee word for 'love' is ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ (adageyudi).
The noun ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ refers to a strong affection. When you want to express the action of having a strong affection for someone or something, you should use the verb form ᏥᎨᏳᎢ.
Meaning: strong affection (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The noun ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ is constructed from a root meaning 'to love' and a suffix that transforms the verb into a noun meaning 'a thing that is loved'.
Which one should you use?
ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ is the noun used to describe the feeling, while ᏥᎨᏳᎢ is the verb used to describe the act of loving.
Related words
How do you pronounce it?
adageyudi
Did you know?
- The Cherokee syllabary used to write ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ was invented by Sequoyah in the 1820s, making it one of the few instances where a single person created a writing system for a language.
- In Cherokee culture, expressing 'love' often involves concepts of respect and care that are deeply embedded in the grammatical respect levels.
- Because Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, the concept of 'love' can be expanded into much longer words to describe the specific nature of the affection.
Example conversation
Two people are talking about their relationship.
- AᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎢᏳᎾᏓᏅᏓᏅᏓ ᎢᎦᏓᏅᏓᏅᏓ.adageyudi iyunadanandanda igadanandandaLove is a deep feeling.
- BᎾᎥ, ᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎢᏳᏓᏅᏓᏅᏓ ᎢᏓᏓᏅᏓᏅᏓ.nav, adageyudi iyudanandanda idadanandandaYes, love is a lasting feeling.
- AᎢᏓᏓᎨᏳᎢ.idadageyuiWe love each other.
- BᎠᏓᎨᏳᏗ ᎢᏳᎾᏓᏅᏓᏅᏓ.adageyudi iyunadanandandaLove is truly strong.
