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Haíɫzaqvḷa

Haíɫzaqvḷa proper noun: synonym of Heiltsuk.

Proper noun

Haíɫzaqvḷa

  1. Synonym of Heiltsuk.
    • Along the central coast of British Columbia, grizzly bears go by many names. In the Sgüüx̣s language spoken by the Kitasoo Nation and the Sm’algyax language of the Gitga’at Nation, they are known as medi’ik. And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called...2021 August 5, Gloria Dickie, “The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous language families, and the genetic variability of bears”, in...
    • Being in the community also means their baby will hear their Haíɫzaqvḷa language in utero.2023 February 18, Angela Steritt, “Reclaiming body sovereignty”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023
    Synonyms:
    Heiltsuk

Examples of Haíɫzaqvḷa in a sentence

  • And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan.2021 August 5, Gloria Dickie, “The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous...
  • Wah-ila-toos is a hybrid word formed from three words in the Nehiyaw and Michif, Inuinnaqtun, and Haíɫzaqvḷa languages.2024, Kinship & Prosperity: Proven Solutions for a Clean Energy Landscape, Canada Natural Resources Canada:

Synonyms of Haíɫzaqvḷa

Origin of Haíɫzaqvḷa

Unadapted borrowing from Heiltsuk Haíɫzaqvḷa.

Questions about Haíɫzaqvḷa

What does Haíɫzaqvḷa mean?
Haíɫzaqvḷa means synonym of Heiltsuk.
How do you use Haíɫzaqvḷa in a sentence?
And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan.
What part of speech is Haíɫzaqvḷa?
Haíɫzaqvḷa is a proper noun.

Words near Haíɫzaqvḷa in the dictionary

  1. hazzanim
  2. hazzans
  3. Hazzard
  4. Hazzards
  5. Haíɫzaqv
  6. Haíɫzaqvḷa
  7. Haïti
  8. haüyne
  9. haüynes
  10. haüynite
  11. haüynites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Haíɫzaqvḷa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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