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-əla
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Kwak'wala
Alternative forms
kwk -a̱la U'mista
Suffix
kwk suffix
Suffix forming iterative, continuative or agentive verbs (after a voiceless consonant, otherwise kwk -ala).
Synonyms
kwk -ala
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