-Ᏻ // It appears repeatedly in the Hymns I am working on

[ᎹᎦᎵ]

What does the suffice -Ᏻ stand for?

It appears repeatedly in the Hymns I am working on:

4. ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ.Ᏻ ᎿᏉ ᎢᏗᎪᏩᏘᎭ! ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᏥᎨᏒᎩ ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ!

[ᎹᎦᎵ]

Here is the whole thing for context:

(the embedded periods mean either silent vowel in syllable or silent syllable follows)

1. ᎠᏲᎱᏍᎦ! ᎠᏂᏍᎦᎾ ᏧᎨᏳᎯ ᎠᏲᎱᏍᎦ! ᎦᎸᎶ ᎠᎵᏏᎲᏍᎦ! ᎡᎶᎯ Ꭰ.ᎵᏖᎸᎲᏍᎦ!

2. ᎡᏤᎾ ᎢᏦᎯᏳᏅ.Ꭿ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏥᏍᎪᏂᎮᏍᏗ, ᏂᎯ ᎢᏥᎩᎵᏲᏤ.Ꭽ; ᏂᎯ ᎢᏥᏲᎱᎯᏎ.Ꭽ.

3. ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ! ᎤᎬᏫᏳ.Ꭿ ᎠᏲᎱᏍᎦ! ᏴᏫ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨᎢ ᎤᎩᎬ ᎤᏤᏬᏤᎭ!

4. ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ.Ᏻ ᎿᏉ ᎢᏗᎪᏩᏘᎭ! ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᏥᎨᏒᎩ ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᏓᎴᎲᏍᎦ!

5. ᎿᏉ ᎤᏙᏓ ᏧᏬᎸ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏫᏕᎠᎴᏓ! ᎾᎿ ᏧᏁᏤᎵᏓᏍᏗ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎬᏩᏓᏂᎸᎦ!

6. Ꭷ ᎿᏉ ᎢᏥᏲᎯᏍᏓ ᏕᏥᎦᏌᏬᎢᎲᎢ; ᎿᏉ ᎡᏣᎵᎡᎵᎩ ᎢᏣ.ᎵᏌᎳᏓᏁᎸᎯ.

[molbolom]

Ᏻ, Ᏼ, or Ꮿ is something like, "very", there's also -ᏗᎨ which sometimes takes its place in other dialects.

ᎤᏔᏂᏗᎨ Very big, Large
ᎤᏍᏗᏗᎨ Very small, tiny (With ᏗᎨ)
ᎤᏍᏗᏴᎢ Very small, tiny (with Ᏼ/Ᏻ/Ꮿ)

ᎣᏏᏴᎢ You may have seen this one as ᎣᏏᏳᎢ "Very good", "Very well"

(Note: I question the Ꮿ variant. I don't recollect ever seeing it before, so I may be wrong on that one. It just sound almost like Ᏼ that I probably am imposing)

ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗᏳ = Very happy

[Jolajuhahli]

Ᏻ can be used for very, as well as indicative of being authoritative.

[ᎹᎦᎵ]

ᏩᏙᏳ!



Hrmmm how does this compare with ᎣᏍᏓᏛ ?

Yes, that makes sense, I am surprised though that it is not listed (where I can find it anyways) in either the Durbin-Feeling or in "A Reference to Oklahoma Cherokee..."

[molbolom]

ᏩᏙᏳ!

Um, I don't think that's possible...

Hrmmm how does this compare with ᎣᏍᏓᏛ ?

Reading this made me realize just how many there are...Yeesh...

Ok, -Ᏻ, -Ᏼ can be thought of as "intensifiers", I guess...Would need a Native speaker to elaborate more.
(Oh, before I forget, I've mentioned -ᏗᎨ, there's also -Ꮎ or -ᏅᎢ, and a shortening of -ᏗᎨ to merely Ꭸ, but so far I've only seen that in ᎦᎸᎳᏗᎨ. Oh, also, there's the "greater intensifier" which uses those suffixes plus the prefix Ꮻ- or in some circumstances Ꮹ-.)

(Hmm, thinking about what ᏦᎳᏧᎭᏟ said, I think that might be a better explanation of it.

as well as indicative of being authoritative.

Perhaps someone can figure out what I'm thinking. My vocabulary is too limited at this moment to elaborate further).

As for -Ꮫ, this is in reply to a question.
ᎯᎠᏍ ᏥᏍᏚ? Is this a rabbit?
ᎥᎥ, ᏥᏍᏚᏛ. Yes, it is definitely/truly a rabbit.

Of course there's one more, -Ꮣ. I've come across it a few times, and still not too sure about it, but the only word that I know very well is ᎨᎵᎠᏓ (I think so), however, this may be a "imposed" memory and therefore this may be just another variant of -Ꮫ.

Yes, that makes sense, I am surprised though that it is not listed (where I can find it anyways) in either the Durbin-Feeling or in "A Reference to Oklahoma Cherokee..."

I really don't know. I don't even know where I learned of it, except that it was one of the first things I learned. However, I do know the "Beginning Cherokee" book has a section which explains the -Ꮎ and -ᏅᎢ suffix plus the use of the Ꮻ- or Ꮹ- prefix.

[molbolom]

There's another form that I forgot about, -Ᏸ (-ye). I posted an example on the thread here, with a link to it's source.