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 |