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Conlangery #79: Cherokee (natlang)

Conlangery Podcast

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What's the Cherokee Word for Pants?

Cherokee has a bunch of verbs that have classifiers built into them. There are 20 ish verbs that do this and almost all of them are verbs of handling. The Pacific Northwest often has forms that indicate specifically some action that involves dunking something into fire or sometimes dunking things into water.

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