Cherokee — top 251 words
High-frequency vocabulary for English speakers. Reveal each card, then rate your recall — the schedule adapts (SM-2) and is stored on your device.
Sources: Mixed sources — 251 rows · 2 sources · no MT recorded
Some deck-level provenance is recorded, but its tier or row-level mapping is incomplete. The recorded metadata explicitly reports no machine translation. See the bibliography.
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| # | Cherokee | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a — like "a" in father | |
| 2 | e — like "a" in day | |
| 3 | i — like "ee" in see | |
| 4 | o — like "o" in go | |
| 5 | u — like "oo" in moon | |
| 6 | v — nasalized "uh" — unique to Cherokee, no English equivalent | |
| 7 | ga | |
| 8 | ka (aspirated — like "c" in car) | |
| 9 | ge | |
| 10 | gi | |
| 11 | go | |
| 12 | gu | |
| 13 | gv (g + nasalized vowel) | |
| 14 | ha | |
| 15 | he | |
| 16 | hi | |
| 17 | ho | |
| 18 | la | |
| 19 | le | |
| 20 | li | |
| 21 | lo | |
| 22 | na | |
| 23 | ne | |
| 24 | ni | |
| 25 | no | |
| 26 | tsa | |
| 27 | tsi | |
| 28 | tso | |
| 29 | wa | |
| 30 | wi | |
| 31 | ya | |
| 32 | yi | |
| 33 | osiyo — Hello (standard formal greeting) | |
| 34 | wado — Thank you | |
| 35 | osda — Good / well | |
| 36 | Tsalagi — Cherokee (the language and the people) | |
| 37 | ama — Water | |
| 38 | ale — And / also | |
| 39 | dohi — Peace / wellness | |
| 40 | usdi — Small / little / young | |
| 41 | thank you | |
| 42 | man, male | |
| 43 | woman, female | |
| 44 | child | |
| 45 | boy | |
| 46 | girl (adolescent, teenage) | |
| 47 | baby, infant | |
| 48 | teacher | |
| 49 | student | |
| 50 | ruler, chief, king | |
| 51 | farmer | |
| 52 | father; God the Father | |
| 53 | his/her sibling of the opposite sex, his sister, her brother | |
| 54 | her sister (female sibling of a woman) | |
| 55 | his/her son, daughter, offspring, child | |
| 56 | paternal grandmother | |
| 57 | maternal grandfather | |
| 58 | uncle | |
| 59 | this, these | |
| 60 | that, that one | |
| 61 | who? | |
| 62 | everything | |
| 63 | one | |
| 64 | two | |
| 65 | three | |
| 66 | four | |
| 67 | five | |
| 68 | six | |
| 69 | seven | |
| 70 | eight | |
| 71 | nine | |
| 72 | ten | |
| 73 | eleven | |
| 74 | twelve | |
| 75 | twenty | |
| 76 | hundred | |
| 77 | thousand | |
| 78 | first | |
| 79 | body | |
| 80 | his/her head | |
| 81 | his/her/its face | |
| 82 | his/her/its eye | |
| 83 | his/her/its nose | |
| 84 | his/her/its mouth (anatomy) | |
| 85 | his/her/its throat, neck | |
| 86 | arm (upper appendage from shoulder to wrist) | |
| 87 | his/her hand | |
| 88 | his/her/its leg | |
| 89 | blood | |
| 90 | heart | |
| 91 | liver (organ of the body) | |
| 92 | milk | |
| 93 | bread | |
| 94 | meat (flesh as food) | |
| 95 | fish | |
| 96 | sugar (sucrose used to sweeten food or drink) | |
| 97 | grease, oil | |
| 98 | corn, maize | |
| 99 | potato | |
| 100 | banana | |
| 101 | apple | |
| 102 | coffee | |
| 103 | beer (alcoholic beverage) | |
| 104 | soup (dish) | |
| 105 | flour, meal | |
| 106 | animal | |
| 107 | dog, Canis familiaris | |
| 108 | cat | |
| 109 | cow | |
| 110 | goat | |
| 111 | pig, hog | |
| 112 | horse | |
| 113 | donkey | |
| 114 | chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) | |
| 115 | rooster (Gallus gallus domesticus) | |
| 116 | bird (animal) | |
| 117 | mouse, rat | |
| 118 | rat | |
| 119 | rabbit | |
| 120 | lion | |
| 121 | elephant | |
| 122 | rhinoceros | |
| 123 | monkey | |
| 124 | snake | |
| 125 | frog | |
| 126 | lizard | |
| 127 | insect | |
| 128 | mosquito | |
| 129 | bee | |
| 130 | ant (insect) | |
| 131 | spider | |
| 132 | locust, cicada | |
| 133 | bear | |
| 134 | wolf | |
| 135 | fox | |
| 136 | deer | |
| 137 | eagle | |
| 138 | owl (barred owl) | |
| 139 | moon | |
| 140 | star | |
| 141 | sky | |
| 142 | cloud | |
| 143 | rain | |
| 144 | wind | |
| 145 | lightning (flash of light) | |
| 146 | fire, flame | |
| 147 | dirt, soil | |
| 148 | sand | |
| 149 | stone | |
| 150 | rock (natural mineral aggregate) | |
| 151 | mountain | |
| 152 | hill (rise in the land) | |
| 153 | valley | |
| 154 | river (large stream which drains a landmass) | |
| 155 | lake, pond | |
| 156 | sea, ocean | |
| 157 | ocean | |
| 158 | ice | |
| 159 | snow | |
| 160 | tree (large woody plant) | |
| 161 | grass | |
| 162 | root | |
| 163 | wood (substance) | |
| 164 | road, path | |
| 165 | path, walkway | |
| 166 | world | |
| 167 | light, illumination | |
| 168 | darkness (absence of light) | |
| 169 | shadow | |
| 170 | house | |
| 171 | home (house or structure in which one lives) | |
| 172 | door (portal of entry into a house, room, or vehicle) | |
| 173 | window (opening for light and air) | |
| 174 | roof | |
| 175 | bed (piece of furniture) | |
| 176 | chair (furniture) | |
| 177 | dish, plate | |
| 178 | cup | |
| 179 | spoon | |
| 180 | basket (container) | |
| 181 | sack, bag | |
| 182 | box (large container) | |
| 183 | blanket | |
| 184 | clothing, clothes | |
| 185 | shoe | |
| 186 | money, currency | |
| 187 | book | |
| 188 | paper | |
| 189 | boat, ship | |
| 190 | airplane | |
| 191 | drum (musical instrument) | |
| 192 | key (device designed to open and close a lock) | |
| 193 | rope (thick, strong string) | |
| 194 | needle (implement for sewing, etc.) | |
| 195 | mirror | |
| 196 | broom (domestic utensil) | |
| 197 | town | |
| 198 | store, a shop | |
| 199 | church | |
| 200 | hospital | |
| 201 | well (hole in ground to draw water) | |
| 202 | bridge (structure for crossing a river or chasm) | |
| 203 | prison, jail | |
| 204 | day (period between sunrise and sunset) | |
| 205 | night | |
| 206 | evening | |
| 207 | week | |
| 208 | month | |
| 209 | year | |
| 210 | never | |
| 211 | again | |
| 212 | already | |
| 213 | summer | |
| 214 | winter | |
| 215 | black | |
| 216 | white | |
| 217 | blue | |
| 218 | yellow | |
| 219 | large, huge | |
| 220 | long | |
| 221 | short | |
| 222 | ugly | |
| 223 | new (inanimate) | |
| 224 | hot | |
| 225 | cold | |
| 226 | heavy | |
| 227 | slow | |
| 228 | clean | |
| 229 | dirty (animate) | |
| 230 | sweet | |
| 231 | sour | |
| 232 | far, faraway, distant | |
| 233 | narrow | |
| 234 | thick | |
| 235 | fat, obese | |
| 236 | hard | |
| 237 | different | |
| 238 | dead (said of a human being) | |
| 239 | word (unit of language) | |
| 240 | language | |
| 241 | song | |
| 242 | question, query | |
| 243 | life (state of being alive) | |
| 244 | death (cessation of life) | |
| 245 | war | |
| 246 | dream | |
| 247 | news | |
| 248 | disease, sickness, illness | |
| 249 | medicine | |
| 250 | law | |
| 251 | gift, present |