ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ
kananesgi
The Cherokee word for "spider" is ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ (kananesgi).
ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ is a noun used to refer to the arthropod known as a spider.
Meaning: arthropod (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
kananesgi
Did you know?
- In Cherokee folklore, the 'spider' is often associated with the 'Spider Grandmother', a creator figure who helped weave the world into existence.
- The way ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ is written reflects a system created by a man named Sequoyah who could not read or write. He developed the symbols based on the sounds of spoken Cherokee, not by adapting a foreign alphabet.
- Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, meaning one single word like ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ can contain complex information that English requires an entire sentence to express.
Example sentences for Cherokee are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Two people are walking in a garden.
- AᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ ᏗᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏅᎩ ᎥᏓᎦᏅᎩ!kananesgi didadanvdadanvgi vdaganvgi!Look at the spider's web!
- BᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ ᎦᏙᎢ?kananesgi gadoi?Where is the spider?
- AᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏅᎩ ᎦᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏅᎩ.kananesgi nasgi didadanvdadanvgi gadadanvdadanvgi.The spider is right there in the web.
- BᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏅᎩ ᎤᏓᏓᏅᏓᏓᏅᎩ.kananesgi udadanvdadanvgi udadanvdadanvgi.The spider's web is very beautiful.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “spider” translations and entries ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
