ꟛugʷala

Kwak'wala

Etymology

Possibly from ꟛugʷē (“treasure”) +‎ -ala (iterative, continuative or agentive aspect). Cognate with Heiltsuk ꟛúgválá (“find a treasure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡lu.ɡʷa.la/

Verb

ꟛugʷala

  1. to acquire a treasure or, in particular, a supernatural power.

Usage notes

  • The Latin characters uppercase Ꟛ U+A7DA and lowercase ꟛ U+A7DB were added to the Unicode Standard 16.0 released on 10 September 2024 (Delta Code Charts, Latin Extended-D, Range: A720–A7FF). Before its adoption, only the Greek character λ was available to represent the letter used in Latin orthographies, λugʷala was or is written with the Greek character.

References

  • Franz Boas, Helene Boas Yampolsky & Zellig S. Harris (1947), “Kwakiutl Grammar with a Glossary of the Suffixes”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society‎[1], volume 37, number 3, page 307
  • Franz Boas, Helene Yampolsky, and George Hunt (1948), Kwakiutl Dictionary‎[2], page 423
  • Daniel Frim (2024), Understanding Composite Text Structure: A Problem in the Comparative Study of Oral-Traditional Literature‎[3], Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, page 355
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