ᎠᏕᎳ
adela
The Cherokee word for money is ᎠᏕᎳ (adela).
ᎠᏕᎳ is a noun used to refer to currency or money.
Meaning: currency (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
adela
Did you know?
- The word ᎠᏕᎳ is derived from the word for 'silver'. In early Cherokee history, silver ornaments and coins were among the first forms of currency adopted from Europeans.
- The Cherokee syllabary used to write ᎠᏕᎳ was invented by Sequoyah, who was not literate in English. He created a system where each symbol represents a syllable rather than a single letter.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning a single word can function as a whole sentence. While ᎠᏕᎳ is a noun, adding prefixes and suffixes can change it to mean 'I am spending money' or 'he wants money'.
Example sentences for Cherokee are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Two people are discussing buying a snack.
- AᎠᏕᎳ ᎭᏓ?adela hada?Do you have money?
- BᎾ, ᎭᏓ.na, hada.Yes, I have it.
- AᎠᏕᎳ ᎢᏳᎾᏓᏓᏓᎾᏓ.adela iyunadadanada.I have some money too.
- BᏩᏓᏓᎾᏓ.wadadanada.Let's go buy it.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “money” translations and entries ᎠᏕᎳ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
