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Cherokee Animals
Animals and related vocabulary
| English | Cherokee |
|---|---|
| animals | ehna?i |
| alligator (also means iron pot) | tsu-la-s-gi |
| animal | ga-na-tla-i |
| ant | do-sv-da-li |
| antelope | a-wi-yu-sti |
| antlers | a-wi-tsu-yo-ni |
| armadillo | u-ya-s-ga-li |
| badger | i-no-li |
| bait, fish | a-su-di ga-(to)-di |
| bareback (literally without saddle) | ni-ga-ya-hu-lv-na |
| bat | tla-me'-ha |
| bay, horse | u-wo-di-ge so-qui-li |
| beast (lit. 4 legged) | nv-gi di-ga-nv-sa-di |
| beaver, beavers | do'-ya |
| bear, bears | yo-n(v)(a) |
| bed bug | ga-lu-i-s-di |
| bee | wa-du-li:-si |
| beef | wa-ka ha-wi-ya |
| beef, fattened | wa-ka ga-li-(tsa)-ta-nv |
| bird, birds | tsi'-s'qua |
| blackbird | tsi-s-qua-li-s-da |
| blackfox | gv-ni-ge-tsu-li |
| blacksnake (climber) | ga-le-gi |
| bluebird | tsa-quo'-la-de |
| bluejay | tla-i?-ga |
| boar | si-qua tsu-ka-nv-s-de-na |
| bobcat, bobcats | gv-he |
| buffalo, buffaloes | ya'-n'-s-si' / yansa |
| bull | tsu-ka-nv-s-de-na |
| bullfrog | kan'-nu-na |
| butterfly | ka-ma-ma |
| buzzard | su-li: |
| camel | ke-mi-li |
| cardinal | to-tsu'-hwa |
| cat, cats | we-s(a)(i) |
| catfish | tsu-li-s-da-na:-li / tsu-n'-li-s-da-na'-li |
| centipede | tsu-ga-no-tsi |
| chickadee | tsi-ga-li:-li |
| chicken, chickens | tsi-ta:-ga |
| chipmunk | ki-yu:-ga |
| cobra | kwa-n-da-i-o-ha |
| collar, horse | u-na-ha-tlv-di |
| cow, cattle | wa-ga |
| cowhide | wa-ka ga-ne-ga |
| crawfish | tsi:-s-dv-na |
| cricket | ta-la-du |
| crow | ko:-g(a)(i) |
| dead, animal | u-li-wo-tsv-i |
| deer (singular and plural) | v'-s-gi-yi / a-wi |
| dog, dogs | gi-tli |
| donkey (long-eared) | di-ga-li-nv'-hi-dv |
| donkeys | di-ni-ga-li-nv'-hi-dv |
| dove, / pigeon | wo:-ya |
| dove, mourning (lit. cries for acorns) | gu-le di-s-go-ni |
| dragonfly | wa-da-du-ga |
| drake, male duck | ka-wo-nu a-tsv-ya |
| duck | ka-wo:-n(i) |
| ducklings | ka-wo-nu a-ni-dv |
| eagle | wo-ha'-li |
| earthworm | u-tsi:-ya / u-ni-tsi:-ya |
| eel | tlv-de-ga |
| elephant | ka-ma-ma (this is also the word for butterfly, it has to do with ears.) |
| elk | a-wi e-qua |
| ewe | a-gi-si u-no-de-na |
| fawn | ah-wi a-gi-na |
| fish | a-tsa?-di |
| flea | chu-h-ga |
| fly | tvh?-ga |
| flying squirrel | te-wa |
| fox, foxes | tsu'-(t)la' |
| fox, red | tsu-la u-wo-di-ge |
| fox sparrow | wa:-kv:-ta |
| frog | wa-lo-si |
| fur | u-wu-ya-ta-nv |
| geese | sa-sa-u-ni-go-di |
| giraffe | ga-lv-n-di a-ls-da-gi-s-gi |
| goat | u'-k(a)-so?-tsa-ne-dv |
| goats | u-na-k(s)-so-tsa-ne-dv |
| goose | sa:-sa |
| grasshopper | to-la-tsga |
| green snake | se-la-gwo-ya |
| groundhog | o'-ga-na' |
| ground squirrel | gi-yu-ga |
| grubs | s-go-yi / tsv'-s-go'-yi |
| guinea, fowl | gu-que-tsu-(na)-s-di |
| guinea pig | oh-we-li |
| hawk | to-wo'-d(i) |
| heifer | wa-ka a-gi-na |
| hoot owl | u-gu-ku |
| hornet | ka-n(a)-ts(i)-s-de-tsi |
| horse, horses | so'-qui-li |
| horsefly | da-ma-ga |
| hounddog | gi-hli di-ga?-le-nv-hi-da |
| howl | ge-lu-hv-s-di |
| hummingbird | wa-le-li |
| jack rabbit | tse-gi tsi-s-du |
| kangaroo | di-lta-de-gi tsi-s-de-tsi yu-s-di |
| katydid | si-gi-gi |
| leopard | tlv-da-tsi u-nv-tsa-di |
| lion | tla-da-tsi / hlv-da-ji |
| livestock | ga-na-hla?-i |
| lizard | ti-yo'-ha-li' |
| locust | lo-lo |
| louse, lice | ti:-na |
| meadowlark (also means star) | no:-k(i)'-si' |
| mink | e:-tli |
| mole | to-ni:-qua |
| monkey | a-da-le-s-gi-yi'-s-gi / a-n'-da-le-s-gi-yi'-s-gi |
| mosquito | do-sa |
| moth | wa-so-hla |
| mourning dove | gu-le di-s-go-hni-hi |
| mouse | tsi-s-de-tsi |
| mud dauber | di-guhl-di-s-gi |
| otter | tsi-ya) |
| owl | wa-hu-hi |
| oyster | da-gv-na |
| panther, panthers (also means large wildcat) | tlv-da-tsi' |
| perch | a-go:-li / a-ni-go:-li |
| pig, pigs | si'-qua |
| polar bear | yo-na u-ne-ga |
| porcupine | di-li tsu-tsa-o-s-di |
| o'possum (lit. smiling pig) | si-quu:-tse-ts' / u-tse-tsdi |
| quail | guhgwe |
| rabbit, rabbits | tsi'-s(a)-du |
| raccoon, raccoons | kv-tli |
| rat | tsi-s-de-tsi |
| rattlesnake | u-tso'-n(a)-ti' / u-n'-tso'-n'-ti' |
| redbird | to-tsu-hwa |
| robin | tsi-s-gwo-gwo rooster |
| roosters | a-ni-tsv'-ya |
| sapsucker | kv-gwo:-ha |
| scorpion | tsi-s-dv-na a-da-tsv-i-s-gi |
| sheep (woolly) | u-no-de:-n(a) |
| sheep (plural) | u-ni-no-de:-n(a) |
| skunk, skunks | di?-li |
| snake | i'-na-dv |
| snapping turtle | sa-li-gu-gi |
| spider | ka-na-ne'-s-gi |
| spiders | a-ni-ka-na-ne'-s-gi |
| squirrel | sa-lo-li |
| tadpole / toad | teh?ga |
| terrapin | da-ksi |
| tick | gu-ga-(i) |
| tiger | hlv-da-tsi |
| turkey | gv-na |
| turtle | dv(ga)si |
| turtle, snapping | sa-le-gu-gi |
| turtle, softshell | u-la-no |
| wasp | ka-n(a)-ts(i)-s-de-tsi |
| water mocassin | u'-ga-n'-te:-na / (plural) u-ni-ga-n'-te:-na |
| weasel (lit. yellow rat) | d-lo'-ni-ge tsi-s-de-tsi |
| whippoorwill | tsgwa-le-gwa-la |
| winter wren | tsi-s-tsi-s / tsi-tsi |
| wolf, wolves | wa-hya / wa-ya |
| woodrat | ka-niw-ksa u-ta-na |
| worms | s-go-yi / tsv-s-go'-yi |
| wren | tse-ni' |
| yellowjacket | tsa-s-ga-ya |
| yellow mockingbird | hu-hu |
| zebra | so-gwi-li tsu-lv-da-nv-ni |
Created by:
Gary Dale Cearley
on 2011-07-03