ᎠᏍᎪᎵ

Cherokee

Etymology

From Proto-Iroquoian *-hskʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àskőːli/

Noun

ᎠᏍᎪᎵ • (asgoli)

1. his/her head

   ᎢᎾᏓ ᎠᏍᎪᎵ ᏥᏲᎸ ᎠᏟᏓ ᎬᏗ.

   inada asgoli tsiyolv atlida gvdi.

   I shot a snake in the head with an arrow.

Further reading

• Durbin Feeling (1975), William Pulte, editor, Cherokee-English dictionary‎^[1], Talequah: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
• Michael Joyner; TommyLee Whitlock (2015) [1975], “ᎠᏍᎪᎵ”, in Duane King, Raven Rock Cherokee-English Dictionary‎^[2], Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia, page 39