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-ala
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Appendix:Variations of "ala"
Ido
Etymology
-al -al -al -ale -al 1, all ultimately from io la -ālis.
Suffix
a
Suffix used with a noun to make an adjective out of said noun; pertaining to, relating to, appropriate to.
io amiko friend amikala friendly, amicable
io naciono nation nacionala national
Derived terms
io
Kwak'wala
Suffix
kwk suffix
Suffix forming iterative, continuative or agentive verbs (after a voiced consonant, otherwise kwk -əla).
Synonyms
kwk -əla
Derived terms
kwk
References
Franz Boas, Helene Boas Yampolsky & Zellig S. Harris https://archive.org/details/sim_transactions-of-the-american-philosophical-society_1947-12_37_1/ Kwakiutl Grammar with a Glossary of the Suffixes Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 37 3 1947 306
Daniel Frim 2024 Understanding Composite Text Structure: A Problem in the Comparative Study of Oral-Traditional Literature Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 355 https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/09d937b3-8691-430f-95d5-53237c9255d7
Spanish
Pronunciation
Suffix
es suffix form
-ar
-er
-ir