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Cahuilla Etymology chl :inh azc-tak-pro:*kwa'a<ety:inh<azc-pro:*kwa'a>> 1 From chl azc-tak-pro *kwa'a to die, from chl azc-pro *kwa'a to eat, to swallow.146 655a. *kwa'a ‘eat, chew, swallow’ Among the other Californian Takic languages, cognates include cup -kwa-, lui -qwa- or xgf -kwa'a-. Further Uto-Aztecan cognates include nci cua and hop kwiivi. Noun chl verb chl transitive to eat something chl -wayki-<qq:intransitive> References Saubel, Katherine Siva and Munro, Pamela. Chem'ivillu' (Let's Speak Cahuilla), published by UCLA: American Indian Studies Center, 1979.