cherokee

See also: Cherokee

Finnish

Etymology

From English Cherokee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡serokiː/, [ˈt̪͡s̠e̞ro̞kiː]

Noun

cherokee

1. A Cherokee (member of a native North American ethnic group)
2. Cherokee (their language)

Declension

Inflection of cherokee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation)
nominative		cherokee	cherokeet
genitive		cherokeen	cherokeiden cherokeitten
partitive		cherokeeta	cherokeita
illative		cherokeehen cherokeeseen	cherokeihin cherokeisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		cherokee	cherokeet
accusative	nom.	cherokee	cherokeet
	gen.	cherokeen
genitive		cherokeen	cherokeiden cherokeitten
partitive		cherokeeta	cherokeita
inessive		cherokeessa	cherokeissa
elative		cherokeesta	cherokeista
illative		cherokeehen cherokeeseen	cherokeihin cherokeisiin
adessive		cherokeella	cherokeilla
ablative		cherokeelta	cherokeilta
allative		cherokeelle	cherokeille
essive		cherokeena	cherokeina
translative		cherokeeksi	cherokeiksi
instructive		—	cherokein
abessive		cherokeetta	cherokeitta
comitative		—	cherokeineen

Possessive forms of cherokee (type filee)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	cherokeeni	cherokeemme
2nd person	cherokeesi	cherokeenne
3rd person	cherokeensa

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French

Alternative forms

• cherokî
• chérokî
• tchérokî

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃe.ʁɔ.ki/, /tʃe.ʁɔ.ki/

• Audio

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Adjective

cherokee (plural cherokees)

1. Cherokee

Noun

cherokee m (uncountable)

1. Cherokee (language)

Further reading

• “cherokee”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cheroqui

Noun

cherokee m or f by sense (plural cherokees)

1. Cherokee (member of the Cherokee people)

Noun

cherokee m (uncountable)

1. Cherokee (language spoken by the Cherokee people)