ᎩᏳᎦ

Cherokee

Etymology

From Proto-Iroquoian *kihɹjuɁkẽh.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰì.jûːɡã́/[2]

Noun

ᎩᏳᎦ • (giyuga)

  1. chipmunk

References

  1. ^ Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages[1], University of Manitoba, page 507
  2. ^ Brad Montgomery-Anderson (2008) A Reference Grammar of Oklahoma Cherokee, PhD thesis, University of Kansas, page 51