"ᎧᎹᎹ" meaning in Cherokee

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Noun

IPA: /kʰà.màːmã́/ Forms: kamama [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Iroquoian *kahnaːwẽːh. Sense of elephant comes from observation of flapping ears as similar to butterfly wings. Etymology templates: {{inh|chr|iro-pro|*kahnaːwẽːh}} Proto-Iroquoian *kahnaːwẽːh Head templates: {{head|chr|noun|||f1accel-form=p|f1tr=|tr=}} ᎧᎹᎹ • (kamama), {{chr-noun}} ᎧᎹᎹ • (kamama)
  1. butterfly
    Sense id: en-ᎧᎹᎹ-chr-noun-~P0HXL42 Categories (other): Cherokee entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Butterflies Disambiguation of Cherokee entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Butterflies: 95 5
  2. elephant
    Sense id: en-ᎧᎹᎹ-chr-noun-zQjExDFt Categories (other): Cherokee entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Elephants Disambiguation of Cherokee entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Elephants: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ᎠᎺᏉ ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ (amequo kamama utana) (english: elephant seal), ᎠᏃ ᎧᎹᎹ (ano kamama) (english: pipevine swallowtail), ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ (kamama utana) (english: elephant)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "elephant seal",
      "roman": "amequo kamama utana",
      "translation": "elephant seal",
      "word": "ᎠᎺᏉ ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pipevine swallowtail",
      "roman": "ano kamama",
      "translation": "pipevine swallowtail",
      "word": "ᎠᏃ ᎧᎹᎹ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "elephant",
      "roman": "kamama utana",
      "translation": "elephant",
      "word": "ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Iroquoian *kahnaːwẽːh. Sense of elephant comes from observation of flapping ears as similar to butterfly wings.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kamama",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1tr": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ᎧᎹᎹ • (kamama)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cherokee",
  "lang_code": "chr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cherokee entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
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          "langcode": "chr",
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          "orig": "chr:Butterflies",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-ᎧᎹᎹ-chr-noun-~P0HXL42",
      "links": [
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          "butterfly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Elephants",
          "orig": "chr:Elephants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰà.màːmã́/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Smoky Mountain News"
  ],
  "word": "ᎧᎹᎹ"
}
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    "Cherokee lemmas",
    "Cherokee nouns",
    "Cherokee terms derived from Proto-Iroquoian",
    "Cherokee terms inherited from Proto-Iroquoian",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "chr:Butterflies",
    "chr:Elephants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "elephant seal",
      "roman": "amequo kamama utana",
      "translation": "elephant seal",
      "word": "ᎠᎺᏉ ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ"
    },
    {
      "english": "pipevine swallowtail",
      "roman": "ano kamama",
      "translation": "pipevine swallowtail",
      "word": "ᎠᏃ ᎧᎹᎹ"
    },
    {
      "english": "elephant",
      "roman": "kamama utana",
      "translation": "elephant",
      "word": "ᎧᎹᎹ ᎤᏔᎾ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "iro-pro",
        "3": "*kahnaːwẽːh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iroquoian *kahnaːwẽːh",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Iroquoian *kahnaːwẽːh. Sense of elephant comes from observation of flapping ears as similar to butterfly wings.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kamama",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f1tr": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ᎧᎹᎹ • (kamama)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ᎧᎹᎹ • (kamama)",
      "name": "chr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cherokee",
  "lang_code": "chr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "butterfly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "butterfly",
          "butterfly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elephant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elephant",
          "elephant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰà.màːmã́/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Smoky Mountain News"
  ],
  "word": "ᎧᎹᎹ"
}

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