cheroqui

See also: chéroqui

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Cherokee.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃe.ɾoˈki/
 

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: che‧ro‧qui

Noun

cheroqui m or f by sense (plural cheroquis)

  1. Cherokee (member of the Cherokee people)

Noun

cheroqui m (uncountable)

  1. Cherokee (Iroquioan language spoken by the Cherokee people)
  2. 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)

  1. Cherokee

Noun

cheroqui m or f by sense (plural cheroquis)

  1. Cherokee (person)

Noun

cheroqui m (uncountable)

  1. Cherokee (language)

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