ᎧᎹᎹ

Cherokee

Etymology

From Proto-Iroquoian *kahnaːwẽːh. Sense of elephant comes from observation of flapping ears as similar to butterfly wings.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰà.màːmã́/[3]

Noun

ᎧᎹᎹ • (kamama)

  1. butterfly
  2. elephant

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎[1], University of Manitoba, page 500
  2. ^ Ellison, George (16 May 2007) “Cherokee language and zoology”, in Smoky Mountain News‎[2]
  3. ^ Brad Montgomery-Anderson (2008) A Reference Grammar of Oklahoma Cherokee, PhD thesis, University of Kansas, page 42
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