Morphy
A morphological generator and parser for ᏣᎳᎩ (chr).
Version 1.1, 1-March-2026
Keyboard:
Cherokee Phonetic
Cherokee
Size:
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32
48
60
72
96
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240
Samples for testing
#1: ['None', '']
#2: ['ᎦᎢ', '[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᎠᎢ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#3: ['ᎪᎩᏍᎦ', '[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᎣᎩᏍᎦ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#4: ['ᎪᎩᏍᎦ', '[NGT]+[3S-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᎣᎩᏍᎦ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#5: ['ᏥᏍᏕᎵᎭ', '[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᏍᏕᎵᎭ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#6: ['ᎠᎪᎩᏍᎦ', '[3s-Obj]+ᎣᎩᏍᎦ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#7: ['ᎬᎩᏍᏕᎸHᎥᎢ', '[NGT]+[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᏍᏕᎵᎭ+[V]+[Completive]+[ExpPast]']
#8: ['k^aaʔi', '[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+aaʔi+[V]+[PresCont]']
#9: ['K^ookiska', '[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ookiska+[V]+[PresCont]']
#10: ['ak^uuhiiloo^eʔi', '[3S-Obj]+uuhiiloo+[V]+[Completive]+[NonExpPast]']
#11: ['aji^steeliha', '[3S-Obj]+steeliha+[V]+[PresCont]']
#12: ['kaa^Ꮵ^ᏍᏕᎵᎭ', '[NGT]+[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᏍᏕᎵᎭ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#13: ['kaa^k^ᎣᎩᏍᎦ', '[NGT]+[1S-inc-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᎣᎩᏍᎦ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#14: ['kvv^kw^ᎣᎩᏍᎦ', '[NGT]+[3S-Sub/1S-inc-Obj]+ᎣᎩᏍᎦ+[V]+[PresCont]']
#15: ['Ꭼ^wa^ᏍᏕᎸh^ᎥᎢ', '[NGT]+[3S-Sub/3S-inanimate-Obj]+ᏍᏕᎵᎭ+[V]+[Completive]+[ExpPast]']
Select gloss options
Method for gloss:
Morpher
Tense
Q1 Choose a verb:
#1: None == (None)
#2: ᏍᏕᎵᎭ == (to help)
#3: ᎤᎢᎶᎠ == (to wash)
#4: ᎣᎩᏍᎦ == (to smoke)
#5: ᎥᏃᏌᏍᎦ == (to sweep)
#6: ᎥᏂᎭ == (to hit)
#7: ᏬᏂᎭ == (to speak)
#8: ᎠᎢ == (to walk)
#9: ᏅᏥᏙᎭ == (to toss about)
#10: ᎡᏡᎦ == (to yell, howl, meow)
#11: ᎠᏚᎵᎭ == (to want)
#12: ᎠᏕᎦ == (to pitch/throw (a ball)
#13: ᎨᏳᎭ == (to be possessive of something)
#14: ᎪᏂᏲᎦ == (to be late)
#15: ᎠᏂᎭ == (to be in bed)
#16: ᏲᎷᎭ == (to float)
#17: ᎵᏓᏍᏗᎭ == (to make a mistake)
#18: ᏁᎫᏣ == (to be mean)
#19: ᎠᏛᏓᏍᏗ == (to listen)
#20: ᏅᏆᎶᎠ == (to hammer something)
#21: ᏪᏟᎭ == (to joke/tease)
Or type a stem:
Q3 Object:
Person:
1
2
3
Plurality:
S
D
P
Include/Exclude:
include
exclude
Gloss for tense option
Include/Exclude:
‘They are verbing’
‘They verb (habitually)’
‘They were verbing (I saw them).’
‘They were verbing (somebody told me).’
‘They will be verbing.’
‘They verbed’
‘They verbed (somebody told me)’
Q4
Include/Exclude:
Present Continuous
Incompletive
Completive
Immediate
Infinitive/DeVerbal
Q5
Include/Exclude:
Habitual
Experienced Past
Non-Experienced Past
Absolute Future
Experienced Past
Non-Experienced Past
Absolute Future
Ability Or Obligation
Ability
Q6 Prefix
Group 1:
None
IRR
REL
NGI
Group 2:
None
TRN
PRT
Group 3:
None
DST
ANP
Group 4:
None
Locative
Motion
Future (FUT)
Group 5:
None
ITR
Group 6:
None
NGT
References
Reference Grammar : A REFERENCE GRAMMAR OF OKLAHOMA CHEROKEE, Brad Montgomery-Anderson, B.A., University of Colorado, 1993 M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996
Github source : Read more about the description and code for this open source project.
Some CHR tools : For typing, converting, and displaying Cherokee tet
TranslationCommons.org : This work is done with volunteers from TranslationCommons.org