Tsalagi
Words F-M
Tsalagi
Words F-M
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary F:
English
Cherokee
fairy yinehi
fairies nvnehi
fairies (water spirits) amayinehi
fairies (Little People) Yvwi Tsvdi
Fall (season) Ulagahasti
fall nugi
fell down (I) tsinugi
fell down (he) ganugi
falling (continually) gugalaski
- as a waterfall
falling off adateli - as with leaves
family tsidanalu
far w - prefix indicates distance
fast (from food) inahiyu
fast (in speed) gatsanuli
fast runner (he is a) yaluannuli
fastened (tied) tsuganvyi
fat kaletsahidi
father doda
father (my) agidoda
father (your) gadoda
fault finder (complainer) yadaskagi
fear askai
feather ulunuhi
feather (eagle tail or wing) tsugi
guli, tsugi
dawali
feather headdress gedalastula
feathers tsulunuhi
female agisi
fern yona tsestu - bear's head
field lagesi
field (old) kalagesi
field (edge of) tlagesi
field (cultivated) gagesi
fifth hisgine, hisginei
fight di'lsti
fighting (I am) atsilahu
fire atsila
fire (old) ayataski
fire (new) gata
fire (hunting by torch) atsvstati
fire (sacred) Atsila Galvkawetiyu
Fire Carrier (it carries fire) Atsiladiyega
fire maker atsi svti
fireplace gadodiyi, atsilayi
fire water (whiskey) amo atsila,
ama atsila
first igvyi, igvyii
fish utsuti
fish (special) dakwa
fish (great mystical) tugaluna
fish (long nose) ugvstili
fisherman asuhiski
fishing asuhuska
fish net desadi
fish trap ugayvtuni
five hisg, hisgi
flat ayateni
flats diyateni
flax (hemp) ataleta
flea tsuga, kasehela
flea-bane atsilasvti
flint tawiska lvti
floor ayaditlahu
flower tsila, atsilaski
flowers (flower people) aniatsilaski
Flower Woman Agiyatsilaha - personal
female
name
food agisti
foods unigisti
foolish person agalayvwi
foot tsuna
footprints utsuni
footprints (in trail) utsula sinvyi
footlog asvtli, asvtlvyi - log laying
across
ford (crossing place) asatsvyi
forest tsaluyi
forever igohidv
forgotten tsawonesuga
forked diguni
forked tongue digvtsugi
fort aniyaska nvayuda
four nvg, nvgi
fourth nvgine, nvginei
fox (common red) tsula
fox (black) inali
fox squirrel saloli wodi
friend gineli, oginalii
friend (you are my) higinelii
friend (he is my) aginelii
friend (my) ugineli
friends digineli
friends (my) tsvgineli
frog gwagu
frog (bull) kununu
frog (green) walasi, walosh, walosi
frog (spring) dustu
frog (toad) waladi
frog (tree) dali
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary G:
English
Cherokee
gall atatsu
game (animals) enagayahi
game (to play) alaskaleha
garden adusgi
garter anatlasti
garters dinatlasti
gauntlet ayetli
get hetsi
get out tayi
girl agiusdi - little woman
Girl Afar Digeyutsa - personal female
name
gensing (little person) yvwi usdi
gensing (mountain climber) ataliguli
ghost (evil, bad) asgina
Ghost Land Tsusgina'i - Where the
tormented go
ghosts (evil, bad) anisgina
glass adaketi
gnat anatoga
go (salutation) hilahi
go (I) gega
go (you) hega
go (they) anega
goat awiahaluna - bearded deer
gobbler kanatsi
goes (he, she, it) ega
Going Snake Inadunai - personal
male name
goiter (throat) duletsi
goiter (kernels) gatatsi
gold dalonega - yellow
good osda, osdadv, asiyu
good (I am) gasiyu
good (he is) osiyu
good (very) ostu, astutsiki
Good Spirits Osda Adanedi
goodbye(singular) donadagohvi
goodbye(plural) dodadagohvi
goose (white-faced) dagulaku
goose (wild) tugalu
goose (tame) sasa
gourd galuna
gourd (dance rattle) ganaseti
gorget ahi
go to sleep hilunu
go to sleep (you) egasinu
Go To Water Atawetiyu - purification
ritual
grandchild unisi
grandchild(my son's child) sogainisi
grandchild(my daughter's child)
vgilisi
grandfather(maternal) agiduda
grandfather (paternal) enisi
grandmother (maternal) alisi, elisi
grandmother (paternal) enisi
grapes (summer) talvlati
grapes (wild) unasuga
grass gunaski
grasshopper tsoletsuke
gravy asusd, asusdi
gray unega eusti
grease goi, kai
great egwa, egwaya, utanu
Greatly Beloved Woman Agigau - woman's
war
title
Great Spirit Unequa
green itse, itsehi
grinning (he is) utsesti
ground gada, gadawahi
groundhog agana
groundhog sausage aganastata
grove lvyi
growing up (I am) gatasuni
grown utanu
gun galogwa
gun (musket) unudana
gun (rifle) galogwaya
gun sheath ayvduladi
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary H:
English
Cherokee
hackberry ganustagwali
hair gitlu
"Hair & horse!" Gitlu ale tsagwali,
Gilahi ale
soquili - battle call
hair pins gilusti
hammer ganekwalasti
hand uwayi
handle guwadadi
hands diwayi
hand width awahilu
hanging guta
Hanging Dog Gilagadi
happy(I am) galieliga
happy(he/she is) aliheliga
happy(you are) haliheliga
happy(they are) analiheliga
Happy New Year Alihelisdi Itse Udetiyvsadisvi
hard astiyihu
hat uskwatewa
hatchet galuyasti
hatchet (war) danawa galuyasti
have (I have it) agwalii
hawk tawodi, tawadi
hawk (mythical) tlanuwa
hawk (sparrow) tawodi usdi, tawadi
usdi
he nahi, skina
He Goes About Edahi - personal male
name
he has ended al' skudig' - has died
He is smoking it Gok'sga - personal
name
He will die Hvya huska - death sentence
to
prisoner
head uskala
headman ugaweuwe
healthy dohi, tohi
heart adonvdo, adonvdodi
heaven galv'lati
heavy gagedeu
hello asiyu, siyu, osiyo, siyo
hemp (wild) gatvlati
here ahni
here (this place) hayani
heron (great white) tsikwayi
hickory wani
hickory log wani ata, wani ada
hickory nut tsahi
Hicks, Charles Tsali Usgasit- Cherokee
chief,
1826-1927
hide (skin) ganega
hide & seek (game) danakiskanale
high galvlati
hill gatusi
hoe galagadi
hog sikwa
hold tidineya
hold fast stiyineya
holding (in his/her hand) ganeha
- something
long
home galatsadi, getsadi,
home (dwelling) ehu
home(his/her's/it's) tsuwenvsv,
tsuwenvsvi
home(my) diquenvsv, diquenvsvi
home(their) tsunenvsv, tsunenvsvi
home(your) ditsenvsv, ditsenvsvi
hominy amutsi
hominy (with nuts) kanutsi, kanataluhi
honest tonateu
honey wadulesi
honored (sacred) galvkawetiyu, galvkwitaga
horn (of animal) tsulunuhi
hornet sewihatu
horse tsagwali, soquili - he has
a burden
hot udelega
hot house asi - sweatlodge, winter
sleeping
lodge
house getsadi, galatasadi - main
house
how about you? nihina, nihinahv
how are you? dtohitsu
how much? how many? hilagu
howl geluhvsga
huckleberry guwa
hungry gayasiha
hungry (I am) agayasiha
hunter kanati
hunting grounds kanatiyi
hunting shirt kanagasulanu
hurry nu'la
husband uyahi
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary I:
English
Cherokee
Ice unastalv
I aya
I accept your talk hiwanisku dagogadanelugasi
I am a friend agineli
I am good, well gasiu, dtohigwo
I am going to do something ayvdega
daneli
I am picking it up tsiniu
I am pounding it tsistau
I am speaking awanihu
I climb tsilahi
I do not know tlayaquanta, tlayaquanita
I do not lie tsiagohega
I do not understand tla yigolig,
tla yigoliga
I give you a name aya danedda quado
I have it agwiliu
I have spoken awaniski
I love you gvgeyu, gvgeyuhi
incomplete adulula
Indian Yvwi, Yvwu
Indians AniYvwi, AniYvwu
insane unastisgi, nudatuna
insect tsagaya
insects aniskayi
Internet Kananesk Usiladv
Iroquois Indians AniNvdawegi
island amoyeli, amayeli - in the
middle of water
I speak the truth tsiwanihu toeu
I speak not with two tongues tali
tsudulanayi
degawanihu luwudi
it skina
I take you by the arm tsiayahinogani
I take you by the hand tsiayauwayi
I tried but failed tsulunahvski
It is cold uhyvdl, uhyvdla
It is not true talu toeuha
It's not yet time utaluli
It is true hayu, hayv
It is warm uganowa
It is what you will haleskuwa tekalei
It is what we will dihale skuwa
tekalei
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary J:
English
Cherokee
jar vtiya
jar (large) diwali
jay (blue) tlegu, tleku
Jay Bird Tsegu - personal male name
Jolly, Chief John Ahuludiski - He
throws away
the drum
June Datsaluni - Green Corn moon
junebug tagu, tuyadiski lastiki
- he keeps fire
under beans
justice duyukdu
Justice, Richard Uwenahi Tsusti
- Chief
1777-1794
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary K:
English
Cherokee
katydid (bird) tsikiki
keen sighted akatena, uktena
keep (hold to) hineyu
Kentucky Gonada Gigahai - Bloody
Ground
kernels (of nuts) dulusti
key stugi
kill atsidihi
kill (I) tsiihu
killer tihi, dihi
kingfisher tsulu
kiss squanusta
Kituwa Kituwa - First town of Cherokees
kneeling detsinagwana
knife hayalasti
knife (long) Gvhiyalasti - term
for white people
know, I(a fact) aquanta, aquanita
know, I(information) golig, goliga
know, you(a fact) tsanta
know, you(information) holga
know, they(a fact) unata
know, they(information) anolga
knows, he/she(a fact) unta
knows, he/she(information) golga
Tsalagi-Yonega Dictionary L:
English
Cherokee
lake unadelii
land gadawahi
laugh utsetsiti
laugh (I) ayautsetsiti
lawyer (quarreler) ditiyohihi
lead guna
leader ulagu
leaf ugalotsa
lean ulatsadiu - not fat
leaning galu
leather anotluski
leaves utalotsa
leech tlanusi
legging delasula
lend atalista
lending (I am) ayatalista
lesson gohwelvi
let's adjourn(singular) diniyelihi
let's adjourn(plural) didiyelihi
let's begin idalen, idalena
letter(written material) gohwela,
gohweli
letter(of the alphabet) gohwelv
letters degohwelv
lichen utsaleta - pot scrapings
lie (to recline) utsistu
lie (untruth) atsiskala
lie (untruth, old oratory form)
gohega
life ganodu
light egahi, atsvsdv
Lightening (Red Man) Asgaya Gigagei
- Spirit of
Lightening
like (resemblance) iyusti
liquid tsinegi yaguli - it is in
the water, or other
liquid
listen sge
litter (of young) ani da - does
not include hooved
animals
little usdi
Little Carpenter Atagulakal - Leaning
Wood
Little Deer AwiUsdi - Chief of all
deer, personal
male name
Little Owl Ugug Usdi - personal
male name
liver uwela
lizard digahali
lizard (spring) duwega
locust, locusts (insect) ule, vle
locust (tree) guleatsi
log asita
lonely uhisati - in idigawesdi
lonesome (living alone) natsiya
long gvhita
long ago eli, hilahiyu, gohigi
Long Hair Gilugvhita - Chief killed
in 1794
Long Hair Society AniGitlugvahita
- women's
warrior society
Long Island Ama Yeligvhita - town
on Watauga
river
long winded gvlita
Long Winded Vlita - personal name,
Chief Breath
killed 1794
look (there) ni
look (to) dakata
looking dakana
looking (I am) detsikana
Lookout Mountain Talidenadaganu
- two looking
at each other
lose tsaguhi
lost agiyatsuali, ulenahida
love adagaue, tsilvquodi, tsiqeyui
loves ugauhiu
lover asiule ehu
low aladeu
low (opposite of high) galvadeu
Luke Luga
Lying Fish Utsutiganagohi - personal
name
Tsalagi-Yonega
Dictionary M:
English
Cherokee
make (I) gatlvska
male (a buck) galagina
man asgaya
man killer asgayadihi
many utsuti
March Unulahi - Windy moon
marry tsaya
marry (he will) tutsayesi
married (it is) udala, udali
maple gulasetsi, tlvhwalga, tlvhwaliga
martin (bird) tlutlu
Master of Life Ganodugwaluduski
material gatsvti - of which something
is made
Mayapple uniskwetuski
May pop uwagahi - passion flower
meadow lark nakwisi
meal(a) alstaidi, alistaidi
meat hawiya
medal ahi
medicine nvwoti, nvwati
men aniasgaya
Merry Christmas Danistayohihv
middle ayeli, ayetli
Mighy Wolf Wayasti - peronal male
name
milk unvti
Milky Way Gilidinehvyi - where the
dog ran
mill (generic) distasti
mill (for pounding corn) uskwalatiga
minister altsadohvsgi, alitsadohvsgi
mink (singular) svgi
mink (plural) gosvgi
mirror daseti
mischief guheyu
mischevious unegutsatu
mischevious (he is) tsuneguheyu
mischevious (I am) aginegutsatu
mistletoe udala, udali - it is married
mixed usuye
moccasin (shoe) ulasula
moccasin (boot) tsulawa
mocker (caller) ahyeliski, ayeliski
mockingbird skadagisgi
mockingbird (yellow) huhu
money adela, adila
money (yellow, gold) adila dalonega,
adela
dalonega
moon svnoyiehinvdo
morning sunali
mortar kanona, ganona
mortar (for pounding corn) uskwaletiga
Moses Wasi
mosquito tsosi
moss alu
moth tvtawu - too close to the fire
mother etsi
mother (my) agitsi(his)
utsi
mother (her) unetsi
mother (she is a) aluli, aleutsi
mound gauwatlvyi - earth heaped
up there
mountian gatusi
mountain (high there) atalvyi
mountian atali, atala - in idigawesdi
mouse tsistetsi
mouth ahali, aholi
mud gadane
muddy water gadana ama
mud hen digwani - they are lame
mulberry tree guwa
Mulberry Place Guwahi - mystical
mountain
where Atagahi is
mullein tsaluyusti - tobacco like
muscadine talvladi - they hang high
mush kanahena - corn meal gruel
mush in balls uswali
mush in balls (hard) gatvwaki
mushroom uwase
mussel daguna
Mussel Shoals Dagunayi - now called
Muscle
Shoals
my address is________ goweli
diginesdi________, gohweli diginesdi
______
my name is______ ______dawado,
______dawadoa