A cherokee word study-- an example

I try to share whatever I was given with folks committed to learning with me.


Recently, one of my circle asked me to share this as an example of what we study.


They felt it would be helpful to more than just our little group.


I hope their confidence is not misplaced and so I share it here.


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Cherokee word Study






Cherokee word: ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ


"he is Chief"






3rd person-- "He is chief" = U-Gv-Wi-yu-hi (present tense, masculine)






Synonyms in English:
Aristocrat, Baron, bishop, captain, commandant, commander, count, dad, don, duke, earl, governor, king, leader, liege, lord, magnate, master, marquis, monarch, nobility, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, overlord, parliamentarian, patrician, peer, potentate, president, prime minister, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior, viscount, "man upstairs", the "old man"






Antonyms in English:
Commoner, follower, inferior, servant






EXERCISE:


How to use it-- add the proper prefix-- the phonetic is provided-- just write in the Cherokee Syllable in the space provided:


I am chief (speaking of yourself) a-gv-wi-yu-hi ___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ




You are chief (speaking directly to someone who is chief) Tsa-gv-wi-yu-hi ___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






S/he/it is chief (talking about someone else who is chief) U-Gv-wi-yu-hi ___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






The 2 of us are chiefs (talking about one's self and another you are talking with/to)
gi-n-gv-wi-yu-hi ___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






you 2 are chiefs-- (talking to 2 people but not including myself) s-di-gv-wi-yu-hi
___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






we are chiefs -- (including myself in a group) o-gi-n-gv-wi-yu-hi
___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






PLURALS-- more than 2 people--


[we, myself others, and including you to whom i am directly speaking] i-g- gv-wi-yu-hi
___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






PLURALS-- more than 2 people--- [we me and others but NOT including you to whom I am speaking] o-g-gv-wi-yu-hi
___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






PLURALS--more than 2 people--[y'all]


i-ts-gv-wi-yu-hi


___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ






PLURALS--more than 2 people--[they, but not me] u-n-gv-wi-yu-hi

___ᎬᏫᏳᎯ


(answer for this one)
ᎤᏂᎬᏫᏳᎯ


u-ni-gv-wi-yu-hi










SUFFIXES that can be used on the root “ᎬᏫᏳ” / "gv-wi-yu"
___ᎬᏫᏳ____




Present tense:
use the Cherokee to complete these--- in the space provided ---




-ha ___ᎬᏫᏳ____


-ga ___ᎬᏫᏳ____


-a ___ᎬᏫᏳ____






remote past tense suffix


-v'i ___ᎬᏫᏳ____






EXERCISE:






rewrite the following Sentences using Cherokee and the root “ᎬᏫᏳ” / "-gv-wi-yu-":






___________________________________


I am the president!






___________________________________


You are king!






___________________________________


She is the prime minister.






___________________________________


He was the chief.






___________________________________


The 2 of us (including me) are chiefs.






___________________________________


You two are governors.






___________________________________


we all are nobility.






we all (not including you) are chiefs.






___________________________________


You all are chiefs.






___________________________________


They are all chiefs.






___________________________________


He used to be chief.






___________________________________


I used to be chief.










MORE WORDS in ENGLISH that you can use the Cherokee root “-gv-wi-yu-” in place of---






Baron


baroness


caesar


caliph


contessa


count


countess


crowned head


czar


czarina


dame


duchess


duke


dynast


emperor


empress


gerent


imperator


kaiser


khan


king


lady


lord


magnate


maharajah


maharani


majesty


mikado


mogul


monarch


oligarch


overlord


pasha


potentate


prince


princess


queen


rajah


rani


rex


royal


shah


sovereign


sultan


sultana


tycoon






A FEW SOMEWHAT RELATED TERMS:






Chiefly


wu-ni-gv-wi-yu-sv


ᏭᏂᎬᏫᏳᏒ


meanings:






Especially, essentially, largely, mostly, predominantly, principally, mainly, primarily, above all, in general, in the first place, in the main, on the whole, overall, usually






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other terms often requested:



Chief Clerk


ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᏗᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ


nu-gv-wi-yu-sv-di-go-we-li-s-gi






Chief Engineer


ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᎠᏟᎶᎢᏙᎯ


nu-gv-wi-yu-sv-a-tli-lo-i-do-hi




SUGGESTION:  replace your English words with this one whenever you can-- take for instance, a newspaper and look for English words that you can now translate into this Cherokee word ___ᎬᏫᏳ___


cut some of these out and/or write these examples in your notebook.


ᏦᎭᎾ ᏣᏑᏰᏓ ᎻᎩᏍ ᏫᏍ