cherokee
チェロキー
解説 Definition
米国南東部に起源を持つ先住民族、またはその言語を指します。チェロキー語はイロコイ語族に属します。
Cherokee refers to a Native American people originally from the southeastern United States and to their language, which belongs to the Iroquoian language family. The word is also used attributively in expressions such as “Cherokee culture,” “Cherokee art,” and “Cherokee history.”
使い方 Usage
- 民族・言語の固有名詞なので通常 Cherokee と大文字で書きます。the Cherokee people、the Cherokee language が代表的な形です。 Normally capitalize Cherokee as the name of a people or language. Common expressions include the Cherokee people and the Cherokee language.
- Cherokee art、Cherokee culture、Cherokee history のように、名詞の前で「チェロキーの」を表すこともあります。 Cherokee also appears before nouns to indicate a connection with the people, as in Cherokee art, Cherokee culture, and Cherokee history.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
チェロキーの人々とその言語を結び付けて覚えましょう。セコイアが19世紀に考案した文字体系も、既存の連想の手掛かりになります。
Connect the Cherokee people with their language. Sequoyah's development of the Cherokee syllabary in the nineteenth century provides another memory cue.
例文
She proudly traced her ancestry back to the Cherokee people.
彼女は自分の祖先をたどるとチェロキーの人々に行き着くことを誇りにしていた。
The museum had an exhibit dedicated to Cherokee art and culture.
その博物館にはチェロキーの芸術と文化を取り上げた展示があった。
cherokee の類義語・関連語
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cherokee の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cherokee は英語での部族名で、17世紀の形 Chorakae を経て広まりました。語源はチェロキー語 Tsalagi にさかのぼる説と、マスコギー語系で「異なる話し方の人々」を表した語に由来する説があり、起源は完全には一定していません。関連形に Cherokee Nation、Cherokee language があります。
Cherokee is the established English name of the people and their language. English spellings such as Chorakae appeared in the seventeenth century. The name’s ultimate source is disputed: proposed explanations connect it either with Cherokee Tsalagi or with a neighboring Muskogean-language term interpreted as referring to people who speak differently. Because the historical route is not fully settled, the safest account recognizes the early English forms and competing Indigenous-language explanations without presenting either theory as certain.
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