- Learning Lexicon Syllabary A Few Words in Cherokee/Tsalagi Last updated 04-14-02 Please read the information at the top before writing to me with translation requests. Thank you! From my books, I have chosen to list some words, both that have been requested a lot, and then some that I think may be interesting or useful. Remember, there are lists of animal names nouns adjectives verbs names ...public.csusm.edu/public/guests/raven/cherokee.dir/cherlexi.html