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Liq̓ʷala

Liq̓ʷala noun: NAPA spelling of Liq’wala.

Noun

Liq̓ʷala sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) NAPA spelling of Liq’wala.
    • In Liq̓ʷala, the word Liǧwiłdax̌w refers to a large sea worm that cannot be easily killed. If it is cut up, the separate pieces survive and will swim away. The term therefore means “unkillable thing” [...].2022-2024, “About”, in Wei Wai Kum Treaty

Origin of Liq̓ʷala

Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala Liq̓ʷala (“NAPA”).

Questions about Liq̓ʷala

What does Liq̓ʷala mean?
Liq̓ʷala means NAPA spelling of Liq’wala.
What part of speech is Liq̓ʷala?
Liq̓ʷala is a noun.

Words near Liq̓ʷala in the dictionary

  1. liquory
  2. liquour
  3. liquours
  4. liquuh
  5. Liqwiltokw
  6. Liq̓ʷala
  7. Liq’wala
  8. LIR
  9. lira
  10. lira da braccio
  11. lira de braccio

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Liq̓ʷala (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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