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Bakʷəmk̓ala

Bakʷəmk̓ala noun: kwak'wala (in the broad sense).

Noun

Bakʷəmk̓ala

  1. Kwak'wala (in the broad sense)
    • Kʷak̓ʷala was my first language but after 40 years of not using it very much, I worked to relearn Kʷak̓ʷala when I joined the community driven language group Bakʷəmk̓ala where I first learned to read and write Kʷak̓ʷala in 2001.2025, “Board of Directors”, in The Language Conservancy Canada, retrieved 15 Sep 2025

Forms of Bakʷəmk̓ala

alternative formBak̓wa̱mk̓ala
alternative formBak̓ʷəmgala

Origin of Bakʷəmk̓ala

Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala bakʷəmk̓ala (NAPA).

Questions about Bakʷəmk̓ala

What does Bakʷəmk̓ala mean?
Bakʷəmk̓ala means kwak'wala (in the broad sense).
What part of speech is Bakʷəmk̓ala?
Bakʷəmk̓ala is a noun.

Words near Bakʷəmk̓ala in the dictionary

  1. bakwan
  2. bakwan kepiting
  3. bakwans
  4. bakwit
  5. bakwits
  6. Bakʷəmk̓ala
  7. Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala
  8. Bak̓ʷəmgala
  9. bal
  10. Bal Harbour
  11. Bal Marcoville

Source and license

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