cheroqui
See also: chéroqui
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃe.ɾoˈki/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɨ.ɾuˈki/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɨ.ɾuˈki/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: che‧ro‧qui
Noun
cheroqui m or f by sense (plural cheroquis)
- Cherokee (member of the Cherokee people)
Noun
cheroqui m (uncountable)
- Cherokee (Iroquioan language spoken by the Cherokee people)
- the syllabary invented by Sequoyah, used to write the Cherokee language
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English Cherokee, ultimately from Cherokee ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi, “Cherokee”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈɾoki/ [t͡ʃeˈɾo.ki]
- Rhymes: -oki
- Syllabification: che‧ro‧qui
Adjective
cheroqui m or f (masculine and feminine plural cheroquis)
Noun
cheroqui m or f by sense (plural cheroquis)
- Cherokee (person)
Noun
cheroqui m (uncountable)
- Cherokee (language)
Further reading
- “cheroqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024