How to Say “Tree” in Cherokee

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ᏡᎬ
tlugv
The Cherokee word for tree is ᏡᎬ (tlugv).
ᏡᎬ is a noun used to refer to a large woody plant.
Meaning: large woody plant (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is tlugv.

Did you know?

  • The Cherokee syllabary, used to write ᏡᎬ, was invented by Sequoyah in the early 19th century, making Cherokee one of the few languages in the world with a writing system created by a single person who was not literate in any other language.
  • The word ᏡᎬ belongs to a language family where the grammar focuses more on whether the tree is 'animate' or 'inanimate', affecting how verbs are used with it.
  • Because Cherokee is a polysynthetic language, a single word can be constructed to describe an entire complex event involving a tree, such as a tree falling or being cut.

Example sentences for Cherokee are not verified yet.

Example conversation

Two people are walking in a forest.

  1. A

    ᏗᏓᏓ ᏡᎬ ᎦᏙᎢ ᎢᎩᏓ.
    didada gve godoi igida.
    Look, that tree is big.
  2. B

    ᎪᎯ ᎢᎩᏓ.
    gohi igida.
    Yes, it is big.
  3. A

    ᏡᎬ ᎦᏓᎢᏓᏓ ᎢᎩᏓ.
    gve gadadada igida.
    The tree is very tall.
  4. B

    ᎥᎥ, ᏗᏓᏓ ᎢᎩᏓ.
    vvn, didada igida.
    Yes, it is.

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