ᎠᎴ
[àle]
adv
LanguageCherokee
Meaning- almost
- Very close to doing something or having something happen.
ᎦᏄᎸᎯ ᎦᎢᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎾᏓ ᏂᏥᏯᎳᏍᏛᏔᏅᎢ.
As I walked along the grass, I almost stepped on a snake.
Pronunciationàle
Part of speechadv
Usage noteUsed as both 'and' and 'or' depending on the sentence context.
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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.