English/Yonega	Tsalagi Phonetics
acorn	gv:le
ash	do:-tsu
branch (on tree)	u-wa'-n'-ga-tlv, du-wa-n'-ga-tlv-i
branch (off tree)	w-wa'-n'-ga-tlv-nv, tsu-wa'-n'-ga-tlv-nv
brush	sa-lu-yi
bush	u-da'-tl'-gv, du-da'-tl'-gv
cedar, fir	a'-tsi-na' or a-tsi:-n'
chestnut	u-ni-ge'-n(i)(a)
chinquapin	u-hna-gi:-n(i')(a)
dewberry, boysenberry	u-dlo'-si-nv-da
dogwood	ka-na'-si-ta'
elm	da-wa-tsi:-l(a)(i)
four o'clocks	nv-hga a-tli-gi-li'sv a-ni-tsi-lv-s-gi
grass, weed	ga-nu-la-(i)
hazlenut or hazelnut bush	yu'-gi-da'
hickory tree	wa-ne?-i
hickory nut or nut	so:hi
honeysuckle	gv-na-gi'-hl(e)-ge-(i)
huckleberry	ku-wa-ya'
linden, basswood	i:-de-ha
mulberry	ku:wa'
mushroom	da-wo-li
oak	a-da:-ya
pecan (long nuts)	so:-hi a-ni-nv-hi:-da'
persimmon	sa'-l(i)
pine	no:-ts(i)
redbud	ga-lo-we:-d(i)
root	u-hna-s-de:-tlv, du-hna-s-de:-tlv
sassafras	ka:-n'-s-ta-tsi'
seedling	ga'-koh-di, di-ga'-koh-di
spice bush	noh?-da-tli'
straw, hay, rye	ka-ne'-s-ga'
stump	u-hni'-hl'-g(a)(v)-i, du-hni'-hl'-gv-i
sycamore (white bark)	ko-tsu-ne:-g(a)
thorn (to prick)	u-tsa-yo:-s-di, tsu-tsa-yo:-s-di
walnut	se:-di
wheat	u-tsa-le:-s-di
willow (it-comes-off)	di-l(i)-ga-li:-s-gi

Vegetables

beans	tu-ya
brown beans	u-ni-wo'-di-ge tu-ya
bush beans (low beans)	tu-ya e-la-di' i'-na-ti'
green beans	tu-ya a-ni-tse-i
white beans	u-ni-ne-g(a) tu-ya
carrots (yellow growers-in-the-ground)	a-ni-da-lo'-ni-ge ga:-do' a-ni'-l'di:-s-gi
cabbage	tsu-ga-de:-ni
cucumber	ga-ga-ma
lettuce	go:-s-da-gi:-s-di (a-go:-s-da a-gi:-s-di means 'something raw to eat')
onion	sv-gi
garden onions (planted they exist)	a-hwi'-sv-nv e-hi
store-bought onions	sv-gi a-da'-na-nv a-hwa-sv-i
wild onions	sv:-gi i'-na-ge e-hi
oranges	a-ni-da-lo'-ni-ge
peanuts	tu-ya ga:-do' a-ni-la-di'-s-gi (beans grown in the ground)
poke greens	dla:-ya-de
pumpkin	i-ya
radish	gi-ga-ge ga:do' ga-la-di'-s-gi (red it grows in the ground)
squash	s-qua:-si
tomatoes	da-ma'-tli
turnip	da'-kw'-sa-ni'
watermelon	gv-gi:-s-di
wheat biscuit (see 'wheat' in dictionary)	u-tsa-le:-s-di
wheat biscuits	u-ni-tsa-le:-s-di

  DICTIONARY

Dictionary - A

English/Yonega	TsaLaGi Phonetics
again, more	si-wu
again, second in a series	ta-li:-ne
allow, permit, put up for sale	a-g'-s-go'-hl'-ti
all	ni-ga-d(a)
alone, only	ni-ga'-d(a)
already, just	ki-lo-wu
and	a-le, -hno suffixed
and, or, but	a-le
angel, Wise Man, sage	a-da-we'-hi
angry, be angry	a-ki-na-lv'-(ga), I am angry; tsa-na-lv'-(ga), you are angry
apple, apples	sv?-ta or sv-k-ta
April	Ka-wo-ni
arm (my)	tsi-no-ge:-n(a)(i)
arrive, get there, return, come back	tsi-lu?-gi, hi-lu?-gi, ka
Attention!	ka

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