ᎣᏓᎼᏈᎵ
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Cherokee[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English automobile.
Pronunciation[edit]
IPA(key): /òːdàːmòːɡʷǐːlĩ̀/, (anglicized) /òːdàːmòːpǐːlĩ̀/
Noun[edit]
ᎣᏓᎼᏈᎵ • (odamoquili)
Usage notes[edit]
- Bilabial stops, such as /b/ and /p/, do not natively occur in Cherokee. As such, when foreign words with these sounds are borrowed into Cherokee, they are adapted as labial velars /ɡʷ/ or /kʷʰ/. Regardless, many Cherokee speakers continue to use the unadapted pronunciation, especially with more recent loanwords.