WRITER IN THE DARK ⋆ Names

⤷ cherokee

cherokee names
( meaning )

feminine

adsila ( blossom )
ahyoka ( she brings happiness )
ama ( water )
amadahy ( forest water )
awenasa ( home )
awinita ( fawn )
ayita ( first to dance )

chenoa ( place name )

galilahi ( attractive )
galilani ( friend )
ghigau ( beloved woman )

hialeah ( beautiful meadow )
hiawassee ( meadow )

immookalee ( waterfall )
inola ( black fox )

leotie ( flower of the prairie )

nanye-hi ( goes about )
ninovan ( our home )

salali ( squirrel )
sequoia ( redwood )

tayanita ( beaver )
tsistunagiska ( wild rose )
tsula ( fox )

usdi ( baby )

yona ( bear )

masculine

adahy ( in the oak woods )
atsadi ( fish )
attakullakulla ( chief )
atohi ( woods )
austenaco ( chief )

chea sequah ( red bird )
cherokee ( tribe name )
chuquilatague ( doublehead )

degataga ( standing together )
diwali ( bowl )
dustu ( spring frog )

galegenoh ( stag )
gawonii ( he is speaking )

kanagagota ( standing turkey )
kanuna ( bullfrog )
koatohee ( chief corn tassel )

mohe ( elk )

oconostota ( warrior of chota )
onacona ( white owl )
oukonunaka ( white owl )

rayetayah ( hanging maw )

salal ( squirrel )
sequoyah ( sparrow )

tsiyi ( canoe )

unaduti ( woolly head )

waya ( wolf )

yonaguska ( chief )

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