"ᏫᏍᎩ" meaning in Cherokee

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Noun

Forms: wisgi [romanization]
Etymology: From English whisky, itself from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and/or Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”). Etymology templates: {{bor|chr|en|whisky}} English whisky, {{der|chr|gd|uisge-beatha}} Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha, {{der|chr|ga|uisce beatha||water of life}} Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”) Head templates: {{head|chr|noun}} ᏫᏍᎩ • (wisgi)
  1. whiskey Categories (topical): Distilled beverages
    Sense id: en-ᏫᏍᎩ-chr-noun-xgqsT85o Categories (other): Cherokee entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "whisky"
      },
      "expansion": "English whisky",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "gd",
        "3": "uisge-beatha"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "uisce beatha",
        "4": "",
        "5": "water of life"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English whisky, itself from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and/or Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wisgi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ᏫᏍᎩ • (wisgi)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cherokee",
  "lang_code": "chr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cherokee entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "chr",
          "name": "Distilled beverages",
          "orig": "chr:Distilled beverages",
          "parents": [
            "Alcoholic beverages",
            "Beverages",
            "Recreational drugs",
            "Drinking",
            "Food and drink",
            "Liquids",
            "Drugs",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Matter",
            "Pharmacology",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Biochemistry",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Biology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whiskey"
      ],
      "id": "en-ᏫᏍᎩ-chr-noun-xgqsT85o",
      "links": [
        [
          "whiskey",
          "whiskey"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ᏫᏍᎩ"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "whisky"
      },
      "expansion": "English whisky",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "gd",
        "3": "uisge-beatha"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "ga",
        "3": "uisce beatha",
        "4": "",
        "5": "water of life"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English whisky, itself from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha and/or Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wisgi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chr",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "ᏫᏍᎩ • (wisgi)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cherokee",
  "lang_code": "chr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cherokee entries with incorrect language header",
        "Cherokee lemmas",
        "Cherokee nouns",
        "Cherokee terms borrowed from English",
        "Cherokee terms derived from English",
        "Cherokee terms derived from Irish",
        "Cherokee terms derived from Scottish Gaelic",
        "chr:Distilled beverages"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whiskey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whiskey",
          "whiskey"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ᏫᏍᎩ"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Cherokee dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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