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Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ

Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ is the alternative form of Kwakwaka'wakw.

Meaning of Kwakwaka'wakw

Noun

Kwakwaka'wakw (plural Kwakwaka'wakws or Kwakwaka'wakw)

  1. A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
    • Before he leads me to his office to sit in on one of these appointments, Mr. Peterson shows me around the third floor of his home, which is filled with carvings made by Charles Joseph, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist.2018 May 18, Nellie Bowles, “Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2020
    Synonyms:
    Kwakiutl

Origin of Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ

Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ.

Questions about Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ

What is Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ the alternative form of?
Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ is the alternative form of Kwakwaka'wakw.

Words near Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ in the dictionary

  1. Kōnan
  2. Kōtō
  3. Kőbánya
  4. Kŭrdzhali
  5. KʌThemnɛ
  6. Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ
  7. kʷikʷəƛ̓əm
  8. Kʷənsəm
  9. K̂äxk̂är
  10. k͟h
  11. Kṛṣṇa

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kʷakʷakəw̓akʷ (page history and authors); Kwakwaka'wakw (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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